Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/sáuˀjāˀ

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

Possibly reflecting Proto-Indo-European *sewh₁-yéh₂[1], from Proto-Indo-European *sewh₁- (to set in motion).

Sometimes compared with Proto-Slavic *sujь (vain, futile), which is alternatively linked to Proto-Indo-European *ḱewH- (to be hollow).

Noun edit

*sáuˀjāˀ f

  1. handful

Declension edit

Declension of *sáuˀjāˀ (ā-stem, fixed accent)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative *sáuˀjāˀ *sáuˀjāiˀ *sáuˀjās
Accusative *sáuˀjā(ˀ)n *sáuˀjāiˀ *sáuˀjā(ˀ)ns
Genitive *sáuˀjā(ˀ)s *sáuˀjāu(ˀ) *sáuˀjōn
Locative *sáuˀjāiˀ *sáuˀjāu(ˀ) *sáuˀjā(ˀ)su
Dative *sáuˀjāi *sáuˀjā(ˀ)(ˀ) *sáuˀjā(ˀ)mas
Instrumental *sáuˀjāˀn *sáuˀjā(ˀ)māˀ *sáuˀjā(ˀ)mīˀs
Vocative *sáuˀja *sáuˀjāiˀ *sáuˀjās

Descendants edit

  • East Baltic:
    • Latvian: saũja
    • Lithuanian: sáuja[1]

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 sauja”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012