Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/źámbas

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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 *ǵómbʰos.

Noun

*źámbas m[1][2][3]

  1. tooth
  2. sharp or jagged edge

Inflection

Declension of *źámbas (o-stem, fixed accent)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative *źámbas *źámbōˀ *źámbai(ˀ)
Accusative *źámban *źámbōˀ *źámbō(ˀ)ns
Genitive *źámbā *źámbāu(ˀ) *źámbōn
Locative *źámbai *źámbāu(ˀ) *źámbaišu
Dative *źámbōi *źámbamā(ˀ) *źámbamas
Instrumental *źámbōˀ *źámbamāˀ *źámbōis
Vocative *źámbe *źámbōˀ *źámbai(ˀ)

Descendants

  • East Baltic:
    • Latgalian: zūbs
    • Latvian: zòbs
    • Lithuanian: žam̃bas
  • Proto-Slavic: *zǫ̑bъ (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Finnic: *hambas (earlier *šampas)

References

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*zǫ̑bъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 549:*źombos
  2. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “žambas”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 512:*źombos
  3. ^ Jasanoff, Jay (2017) The Prehistory of the Balto-Slavic Accent (Brill's Studies in Indo-European Languages & Linguistics; 17), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 162:*źa̍mbas