Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/slaidús

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 *sloydʰ-u-s, from Proto-Indo-European *sleydʰ- (to slip, slide; to be slippery, slick).

Noun edit

*slaidús m[1]

  1. track, trace

Inflection edit

Declension of *slaidús (u-stem, mobile accent)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative *slaidús *sláidūˀ *sláidawes
Accusative *sláidun *sláidūˀ *sláidū(ˀ)ns
Genitive *slaidáus *slaidawáu *slaidawṓn
Locative *slaidḗuˀ *slaidawáu *slaidúšu
Dative *slaidáwei *slaidúmā(ˀ) *slaidúmas
Instrumental *sláidūˀ (early forms) *slaidúmāˀ *slaidúmīˀs
Vocative *slaidáu *sláidūˀ *sláidawes

Descendants edit

  • Latvian: slaids (slippery), sleides (track), sliede (rail, track)
  • Lithuanian: slidùs (slippery)
  • Proto-Slavic: *slědъ (see there for further descendants)

References edit

  1. ^ Nikolajev, S. L. (2012) “Vostočnoslavjanskije refleksy akcentnoj paradigmy d i indojevropejskije sootvetstvija slavjanskim akcentnym tipam suščestvitelʹnyx mužskovo roda s o- i u-osnovami*”, in Karpato-balkanskij dialektnyj landšaft: Jazyk i kulʹtura[1] (in Russian), volume 2, Moscow: Institute for Slavic Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, page 145