Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/wéiˀdas

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

Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *wéydos, from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (to view, to see). Cognate with Ancient Greek εἶδος (eîdos, form, shape, appearance, look).

Noun edit

*wéiˀdas m[1][2]

  1. appearance, aspect

Inflection edit

Declension of *wéiˀdas (o-stem, fixed accent)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative *wéiˀdas *wéiˀdōˀ *wéiˀdai(ˀ)
Accusative *wéiˀdan *wéiˀdōˀ *wéiˀdō(ˀ)ns
Genitive *wéiˀdā *wéiˀdāu(ˀ) *wéiˀdōn
Locative *wéiˀdai *wéiˀdāu(ˀ) *wéiˀdaišu
Dative *wéiˀdōi *wéiˀdamā(ˀ) *wéiˀdamas
Instrumental *wéiˀdōˀ *wéiˀdamāˀ *wéiˀdōis
Vocative *wéiˀde *wéiˀdōˀ *wéiˀdai(ˀ)

Descendants edit

  • East Baltic:
    • Latvian: veids (1st declension)
    • Lithuanian: véidas (face, look) (stress pattern 1/3, originally 1)
  • Proto-Slavic: *vȋdъ (AP c)

References edit

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*vȋdъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 521:BSl. *weiʔdos
  2. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “veidas”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 494:BSl. *weiʔdos