Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/awinas

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 *awis +‎ *-nas.

Noun edit

*awinas m[1][2]

  1. ram (male sheep)

Inflection edit

Declension of *awinas (o-stem, unknown accent)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative *awinas *awinōˀ *awinai(ˀ)
Accusative *awinan *awinōˀ *awinō(ˀ)ns
Genitive *awinā *awināu(ˀ) *awinōn
Locative *awinai *awināu(ˀ) *awinaišu
Dative *awinōi *awinamā(ˀ) *awinamas
Instrumental *awinōˀ *awinamāˀ *awinōis
Vocative *awine *awinōˀ *awinai(ˀ)

Descendants edit

  • East Baltic:
    • Latvian: àuns
    • Lithuanian: ãvinas
  • West Baltic:
  • Proto-Slavic: *ovьnъ (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Finnic: *oinas (see there for further descendants)

References edit

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*ovьnъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 384:*owinos
  2. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “avinas”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 73:*owinos