Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/sáuˀjāˀ

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

Possibly reflecting Proto-Indo-European *sewh₁-yéh₂[1], from Proto-Indo-European *sewh₁- (“to set in motion”).

Sometimes compared with Proto-Slavic *sujь (“vain, futile”), which is alternatively linked to Proto-Indo-European *ḱewH- (“to be hollow”).

Noun

*sáuˀjāˀ f

  1. handful

Declension

Declension of *sáuˀjāˀ (ā-stem, fixed accent)
singular dual plural
nominative *sáuˀjāˀ *sáuˀjāiˀ *sáuˀjās
accusative *sáuˀjā(ˀ)n *sáuˀjāiˀ *sáuˀjā(ˀ)ns
genitive *sáuˀjā(ˀ)s *sáuˀjāu(ˀ) *sáuˀjōn
locative *sáuˀjāiˀ *sáuˀjāu(ˀ) *sáuˀjā(ˀ)su
dative *sáuˀjāi *sáuˀjā(ˀ)mā(ˀ) *sáuˀjā(ˀ)mas
instrumental *sáuˀjāˀn *sáuˀjā(ˀ)māˀ *sáuˀjā(ˀ)mīˀs
vocative *sáuˀja *sáuˀjāiˀ *sáuˀjās

Descendants

  • East Baltic:
    • Latvian: saũja
    • Lithuanian: sáuja[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 “sauja”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012
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