Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/dwára

This Proto-Balto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Balto-Slavic

Etymology

From an earlier *dwáran, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwór-o-m, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwer- (“door”). Cognate with Latin forum, Sanskrit द्वार (dvā́ra).

Noun

*dwára n^[1]^[2]^[3]

doorway

Inflection

Fixed accent.

Declension of *dwára (o-stem)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*dwára	*dwárai	*dwárāˀ
Accusative	*dwára	*dwárai	*dwárāˀ
Genitive	*dwárā	*dwárāu⁽ˀ⁾	*dwárōn
Locative	*dwárai	*dwárāu⁽ˀ⁾	*dwáraišu
Dative	*dwárōi	*dwáramā⁽ˀ⁾	*dwáramas
Instrumental	*dwárōˀ	*dwáramāˀ	*dwárōis
Vocative	*dwára	*dwárai	*dwárāˀ

Descendants

East Baltic:
- Latvian: dvàrs
- Lithuanian: dvãras
West Baltic:
- Old Prussian: dauris
Proto-Slavic: *dvòrъ (see there for further descendants)

References

^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*dvòrъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 128: “BSl. *dwórum”
^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “dvaras”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 148: “BSL *dwórum”
^ Nikolajev, S. L. (2012) “Vostočnoslavjanskije refleksy akcentnoj paradigmy d i indojevropejskije sootvetstvija slavjanskim akcentnym tipam suščestvitelʹnyx mužskovo roda s o- i u-osnovami*”, in Karpato-balkanskij dialektnyj landšaft: Jazyk i kulʹtura‎ (in Russian), volume 2, Moscow: Institute for Slavic Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, page 165: “*dvorjǫ̋”

[1] Derksen, Rick (2008) “*dvòrъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 128: “BSl. *dwórum”

[2] Derksen, Rick (2015) “dvaras”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 148: “BSL *dwórum”

[3] Nikolajev, S. L. (2012) “Vostočnoslavjanskije refleksy akcentnoj paradigmy d i indojevropejskije sootvetstvija slavjanskim akcentnym tipam suščestvitelʹnyx mužskovo roda s o- i u-osnovami*”, in Karpato-balkanskij dialektnyj landšaft: Jazyk i kulʹtura‎ (in Russian), volume 2, Moscow: Institute for Slavic Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, page 165: “*dvorjǫ̋”

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