Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/lā́ˀwāˀ
Proto-Balto-Slavic
editEtymology
editPossibly from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂wéh₂, from *lewH- (“to cut”) + *-éh₂, with accent retraction due to Hirt's law. Hirt's law was undone in the Latvian and West Slavic dialects. In Lithuanian dialects, the tendency to generalize the root accent prevailed. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
Direct cognate with Proto-Germanic *lawwō (“groove”); other cognates include Sanskrit लू (lū, “to cut, sever”), Ancient Greek λῡ́ω (lū́ō, “to loosen, dissolve”), as well as, within Balto-Slavic, Lithuanian liáutis (“to cease”).[1]
Noun
edit*lā́ˀwāˀ f
Inflection
editDeclension of *lā́ˀwāˀ (ā-stem, fixed accent) | ||||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | ||
Nominative | *lā́ˀwāˀ | *lā́ˀwāiˀ | *lā́ˀwās | |
Accusative | *lā́ˀwā(ˀ)n | *lā́ˀwāiˀ | *lā́ˀwā(ˀ)ns | |
Genitive | *lā́ˀwā(ˀ)s | *lā́ˀwāu(ˀ) | *lā́ˀwōn | |
Locative | *lā́ˀwāiˀ | *lā́ˀwāu(ˀ) | *lā́ˀwā(ˀ)su | |
Dative | *lā́ˀwāi | *lā́ˀwā(ˀ)mā(ˀ) | *lā́ˀwā(ˀ)mas | |
Instrumental | *lā́ˀwāˀn | *lā́ˀwā(ˀ)māˀ | *lā́ˀwā(ˀ)mīˀs | |
Vocative | *lā́ˀwa | *lā́ˀwāiˀ | *lā́ˀwās |
Descendants
edit- East Baltic:
- Proto-Slavic: *lavà (see there for further descendants)
- → Proto-Samic: *luovē (see there for further descendants)
- → Proto-Finnic: *lava (see there for further descendants)
References
edit- ^ Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007) “lóva”, in Słownik etymologiczny je̜zyka litewskiego[1] (in Polish), Vilnius: Uniwersytet Wileński, page 364