Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/ślaunis

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 edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-European *ḱlównis.

Noun edit

*ślaunis f[1]

  1. buttocks

Inflection edit

Declension of *ślaunis (i-stem, unknown accent)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative *ślaunis *ślaunīˀ *ślaunejes
Accusative *ślaunin *ślaunīˀ *ślaunī(ˀ)ns
Genitive *ślauneis *ślaunejau *ślaunejōn
Locative *ślaunēiˀ *ślaunejau *ślaunišu
Dative *ślaunei *ślaunimā(ˀ) *ślaunimas
Instrumental *ślaunīˀ (early forms) *ślaunimāˀ *ślaunimīˀs
Vocative *ślaunei *ślaunīˀ *ślaunejes

Descendants edit

  • East Baltic:
    • Latvian: slaũna, slaûne, slauns
    • Lithuanian: šlaunìs, šlaunė̃
  • West Baltic:

References edit

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “šlaunis”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 452