Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/arˀtāˀjas

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 *h₂erh₃- (to plow).

Noun edit

*arˀtāˀjas m[1][2]

  1. ploughman

Inflection edit

Declension of *arˀtāˀjas (o-stem, unknown accent)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative *arˀtāˀjas *arˀtāˀjōˀ *arˀtāˀjai(ˀ)
Accusative *arˀtāˀjan *arˀtāˀjōˀ *arˀtāˀjō(ˀ)ns
Genitive *arˀtāˀjā *arˀtāˀjāu(ˀ) *arˀtāˀjōn
Locative *arˀtāˀjai *arˀtāˀjāu(ˀ) *arˀtāˀjaišu
Dative *arˀtāˀjōi *arˀtāˀjamā(ˀ) *arˀtāˀjamas
Instrumental *arˀtāˀjōˀ *arˀtāˀjamāˀ *arˀtāˀjōis
Vocative *arˀtāˀje *arˀtāˀjōˀ *arˀtāˀjai(ˀ)

Descendants edit

  • East Baltic:
    • Latvian: arãjs, arẽjs
    • Lithuanian: artójas
  • West Baltic:
  • Proto-Slavic: *òrtajь (see there for further descendants)

References edit

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*òrtajь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 376:*arʔtaʔjos
  2. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “artojas”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 62:*arʔtaʔjos