Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/génāˀ

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 *gʷén-eh₂, from *gʷḗn.

Noun

*génāˀ f^[1]^[2]^[3]

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

^ 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
^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*ženà”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 558: “*génaʔ”
^ 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”

[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, 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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