Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/áwis

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

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂ówis.

Noun

*áwis f[1][2]

  1. sheep

Inflection

Declension of *áwis (i-stem, fixed accent)
singular dual plural
nominative *áwis *áwīˀ *áwejes
accusative *áwin *áwīˀ *áwī(ˀ)ns
genitive *áweis *áwejau *áwejōn
locative *áwēiˀ *áwejau *áwišu
dative *áwei *áwimā(ˀ) *áwimas
instrumental *áwīˀ (early forms) *áwimāˀ *áwimīˀs
vocative *áwei *áwīˀ *áwejes

Derived terms

Descendants

  • East Baltic:
    • Latvian: avs
    • Lithuanian: avi̇̀s
  • Proto-Slavic: *ovьcà (< *awi-kāˀ) (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008), “*ovьcà”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 384: “*owis”
  2. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015), “avis”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 74: “*owis; *owikaʔ”
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