Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/éśwāˀ

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

PIE word
*h₁éḱwos

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁éḱweh₂,^[1] an innovative feminine form of *h₁éḱwos.

Noun

*éśwāˀ f

mare

Inflection

Fixed accent.

Descendants

East Baltic:
- Old Lithuanian: ešva
  - Lithuanian: ašvà
- ⇒ Old Latvian: ôssa^[2]
West Baltic:
- Old Prussian: aswinan (“mare's milk”)
Proto-Slavic: *esva (“horse”)
- ⇒ Proto-Slavic: *sverěpъ
→ Proto-Finnic: *ëhva (see there for further descendants)

References

^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “ašva”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 65: “*h₁eḱueh₂-”
^ Blažek, Václav (2009) “Kam ta slova zmizela? O chybějících slovanských kontinuantech indoevropských etymonů”, in Ilona Janyšková, Helena Karlíková, editors, Studia etymologica Brunensia‎^[1] (in Czech), volume 6, Prague: Nakladatelství Lidové noviny, →ISBN, pages 38-39

[1] Derksen, Rick (2015) “ašva”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 65: “*h₁eḱueh₂-”

[Blazek-2] Blažek, Václav (2009) “Kam ta slova zmizela? O chybějících slovanských kontinuantech indoevropských etymonů”, in Ilona Janyšková, Helena Karlíková, editors, Studia etymologica Brunensia‎^[1] (in Czech), volume 6, Prague: Nakladatelství Lidové noviny, →ISBN, pages 38-39

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