Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/úngnis

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Proto-Balto-Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥gʷnís m (“fire”).

Noun

*úngnis m

  1. fire

Inflection

Declension of *úngnis (i-stem, fixed accent)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative *úngnis *úngnīˀ *úngnejes
Accusative *úngnin *úngnīˀ *úngnī(ˀ)ns
Genitive *úngneis *úngnejau *úngnejōn
Locative *úngnēiˀ *úngnejau *úngnišu
Dative *úngnei *úngnimā(ˀ) *úngnimas
Instrumental *úngnīˀ (early forms) *úngnimāˀ *úngnimīˀs
Vocative *úngnei *úngnīˀ *úngnejes

Descendants

  • East Baltic:
    • Latgalian: guņs f
    • Latvian: ugùns f
    • Lithuanian: ugnìs f, ùgnis m (dialectal)
  • West Baltic:
  • Proto-Slavic: *ògňь m (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*ògņь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 364: “*ungnis”
  2. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “ugnis”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 478: “*ungnis”
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