Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/kainā́ˀ

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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 *kʷoynéh₂.

Noun

*kainā́ˀ f[1][2]

  1. price

Inflection

Declension of *kainā́ˀ (ā-stem, mobile accent)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative *kainā́ˀ *káināiˀ *káinās
Accusative *káinā(ˀ)n *káināiˀ *káinā(ˀ)ns
Genitive *kainā́(ˀ)s *kainā́u(ˀ) *kainṓn
Locative *kainā́iˀ *kainā́u(ˀ) *kainā́(ˀ)su
Dative *káināi *kainā́(ˀ)(ˀ) *kainā́(ˀ)mas
Instrumental *káināˀn *kainā́(ˀ)māˀ *kainā́(ˀ)mīˀs
Vocative *káina *káināiˀ *káinās

Descendants

  • East Baltic:
    • Lithuanian: káina (with accent shift), kainá (dialectal)
  • Proto-Slavic: *cěnà (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*cěnà”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 75:*koinaʔ
  2. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “kaina”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 217:*koináʔ