Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/dṓˀnāˀ

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 *dʰoHnéh₂ (“grain”), with accent retraction due to Hirt's law.[1]

Noun

*dṓˀnāˀ f

  1. grain
  2. bread

Inflection

Declension of *dṓˀnāˀ (ā-stem, fixed accent)
singular dual plural
nominative *dṓˀnāˀ *dṓˀnāiˀ *dṓˀnās
accusative *dṓˀnā(ˀ)n *dṓˀnāiˀ *dṓˀnā(ˀ)ns
genitive *dṓˀnā(ˀ)s *dṓˀnāu(ˀ) *dṓˀnōn
locative *dṓˀnāiˀ *dṓˀnāu(ˀ) *dṓˀnā(ˀ)su
dative *dṓˀnāi *dṓˀnā(ˀ)mā(ˀ) *dṓˀnā(ˀ)mas
instrumental *dṓˀnāˀn *dṓˀnā(ˀ)māˀ *dṓˀnā(ˀ)mīˀs
vocative *dṓˀna *dṓˀnāiˀ *dṓˀnās

Descendants

  • East Baltic:
    • Latvian: dõna
    • Lithuanian: dúona

References

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015), “duona”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 146: “*dʰoH-neh₂ (*dʰeh₃-neh₁?) [...] The fixed stress on the root originates from Hirt's law.”
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