Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/nísda

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 *nisdós.

Noun

*nísda n[1][2]

  1. nest

Inflection

Mobile accent.

Declension of *nísda (o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *nisda *nisdai *nisdāˀ
accusative *nisda *nisdai *nisdāˀ
genitive *nisdā *nisdāu(ˀ) *nisdōn
locative *nisdai *nisdāu(ˀ) *nisdaišu
dative *nisdōi *nisdamā(ˀ) *nisdamas
instrumental *nisdōˀ *nisdamāˀ *nisdōis
vocative *nisda *nisdai *nisdāˀ

Descendants

  • Latvian: ligzds, ligzda
  • Lithuanian: li̇̀zdas
  • Proto-Slavic: *gně̄zdò (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008), “*gně̄zdò”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 169:*nizdó
  2. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015), “lizdas”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 290:*nizdó