Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/šéš
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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 *swéḱs. According to the reconstruction *šéš, the initial consonant was assimilated to the final one, otherwise a regular version through ruki sound law should give the Proto-Balto-Slavic reflex *séš.
But an initial s- is found in the Baltic languages (e.g., Latvian seši, pre-Lithuanian *seši > Lithuanian šeši), perhaps pointing to the alternative version in Proto-Balto-Slavic, *séš in which ruki sound law applies regularly.
Furthermore, cardinal number 6 ("sixth") in Old Prussian is usts, from earlier *ustas, which then points to a Proto-Western Baltic variant, *us, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *uš.
Eventually, linguist Vytautas Mažiulis (2004) reconstructs Proto-Balto-Slavic as *swéš (PB *sešes and *us) instead of *šéš.
Numeral
| < 5 | 6 | 7 > |
|---|---|---|
| Cardinal : *šéš | ||
Inflection
This numeral needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
- Latgalian: seši
- Latvian: seši
- Lithuanian: šešì (< earlier *sešì)
- ⇒ Proto-Slavic: *šȅstь (< *šeś-ti) (see there for further descendants)
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*šȇstь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 487: “*ṣeṣ”
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “šeśi”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 446: “*ṣeṣ”