Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/génāˀ

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Proto-Balto-Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *gʷén-eh₂, from *gʷḗn.

Noun

*génāˀ f

  1. woman

Inflection

Declension of *génāˀ (ā-stem, fixed accent)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative *génāˀ *génāiˀ *génās
Accusative *génā(ˀ)n *génāiˀ *génā(ˀ)ns
Genitive *génā(ˀ)s *génāu(ˀ) *génōn
Locative *génāiˀ *génāu(ˀ) *génā(ˀ)su
Dative *génāi *génā(ˀ)mā(ˀ) *génā(ˀ)mas
Instrumental *génāˀn *génā(ˀ)māˀ *génā(ˀ)mīˀs
Vocative *géna *génāiˀ *génās

Descendants

  • Old Prussian: genno (i.e. geno)
  • Proto-Slavic: *ženà (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ^ Kim, Ronald (2018) “The Phonology of Balto-Slavic”, in Jared S. Klein, Brian Joseph, and Matthias Fritz, editors, Handbook of Comparative Indo-European Linguistics: An International Handbook‎, Berlin: de Gruyter, →ISBN
  2. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*ženà”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 558: “*génaʔ”
  3. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “genno”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 558: “*génaʔ”
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