Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/wáljāˀ

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 *wolh₁-yeh₂, from *welh₁- (“to choose, want”).

Noun

*wáljāˀ f[1][2]

  1. will

Inflection

Declension of *wáljāˀ (ā-stem, fixed accent)
singular dual plural
nominative *wáljāˀ *wáljāiˀ *wáljās
accusative *wáljā(ˀ)n *wáljāiˀ *wáljā(ˀ)ns
genitive *wáljā(ˀ)s *wáljāu(ˀ) *wáljōn
locative *wáljāiˀ *wáljāu(ˀ) *wáljā(ˀ)su
dative *wáljāi *wáljā(ˀ)mā(ˀ) *wáljā(ˀ)mas
instrumental *wáljāˀn *wáljā(ˀ)māˀ *wáljā(ˀ)mīˀs
vocative *wálja *wáljāiˀ *wáljās

Descendants

  • East Baltic:
    • Latgalian: vaļa
    • Latvian: vaļa
    • Lithuanian: valià
  • Proto-Slavic: *voľà (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008), “*vòļa”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 525: “BSl. *wóleiʔ; *wolj-”
  2. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015), “valia”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 487: “BSl. *wóleiʔ; *wolj-”
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