Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/grindā́ˀ

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 *gʰrn̥dʰ-éh₂, from *gʰrendʰ- (“post, beam”).

Noun

*grindā́ˀ f

beam, post

Inflection

Declension of *grindā́ˀ (ā-stem, mobile accent)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*grindā́ˀ	*gríndāiˀ	*gríndās
Accusative	*gríndā⁽ˀ⁾n	*gríndāiˀ	*gríndā⁽ˀ⁾ns
Genitive	*grindā́⁽ˀ⁾s	*grindā́u⁽ˀ⁾	*grindṓn
Locative	*grindā́iˀ	*grindā́u⁽ˀ⁾	*grindā́⁽ˀ⁾su
Dative	*gríndāi	*grindā́⁽ˀ⁾mā⁽ˀ⁾	*grindā́⁽ˀ⁾mas
Instrumental	*gríndāˀn	*grindā́⁽ˀ⁾māˀ	*grindā́⁽ˀ⁾mīˀs
Vocative	*grínda	*gríndāiˀ	*gríndās

Descendants

East Baltic:
- Latgalian: greida
- Latvian: grīda, grīde
- Lithuanian: grindà, grindas, grindis (“floor board”), griñdys (“floor”)
Proto-Slavic: *grędà (see there for further descendants)

References

^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*grędà”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 187: “The Balto-Slavic and Germanic evidence points to *gʰrndʰ-.”
^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “grinda”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 189: “The Balto-Slavic and Germanic evidence points to *gʰrndʰ-.”
^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*grindi-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 190
^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*grędà”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 187: “*grindáʔ”
^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “grinda”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 189: “*grindáʔ-”

[1] Derksen, Rick (2008) “*grędà”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 187: “The Balto-Slavic and Germanic evidence points to *gʰrndʰ-.”

[2] Derksen, Rick (2015) “grinda”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 189: “The Balto-Slavic and Germanic evidence points to *gʰrndʰ-.”

[3] Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*grindi-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 190

[4] Derksen, Rick (2008) “*grędà”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 187: “*grindáʔ”

[5] Derksen, Rick (2015) “grinda”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 189: “*grindáʔ-”