Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/źjáuˀnāˀ

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 *ǵyéwh₁-neh₂, from *ǵyewh₁- (“to chew”).

Noun

*źjáuˀnāˀ f^[1]^[2]

jaw

Inflection

Declension of *źjáuˀnāˀ (ā-stem, fixed accent)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*źjáuˀnāˀ	*źjáuˀnāiˀ	*źjáuˀnās
Accusative	*źjáuˀnā⁽ˀ⁾n	*źjáuˀnāiˀ	*źjáuˀnā⁽ˀ⁾ns
Genitive	*źjáuˀnā⁽ˀ⁾s	*źjáuˀnāu⁽ˀ⁾	*źjáuˀnōn
Locative	*źjáuˀnāiˀ	*źjáuˀnāu⁽ˀ⁾	*źjáuˀnā⁽ˀ⁾su
Dative	*źjáuˀnāi	*źjáuˀnā⁽ˀ⁾mā⁽ˀ⁾	*źjáuˀnā⁽ˀ⁾mas
Instrumental	*źjáuˀnāˀn	*źjáuˀnā⁽ˀ⁾māˀ	*źjáuˀnā⁽ˀ⁾mīˀs
Vocative	*źjáuˀna	*źjáuˀnāiˀ	*źjáuˀnās

Descendants

East Baltic:
- Latvian: žaũnas
- Lithuanian: žiáuna
Proto-Slavic: *žùna (“buccal cavity, lips”) (see there for further descendants)

References

^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*žùna”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 564: “BSl. *źjóuʔnaʔ”
^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “žiauna”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 517: “BSl. *źjóuʔnaʔ”

[1] Derksen, Rick (2008) “*žùna”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 564: “BSl. *źjóuʔnaʔ”

[2] Derksen, Rick (2015) “žiauna”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 517: “BSl. *źjóuʔnaʔ”

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