Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/náktis
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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 *nókʷts.
Reconstruction notes
According to Illich-Svitych and Dybo, in Old Lithuanian, the Lithuanian form naktìs shows a barytone or mixed accent paradigm: In the New Testament of 1735, the form is found in the genitive singular náktiês. In Daukša (16th century), occurs as a barytone nâktije (“at night”) along with naktijé. In the monuments of Prussian Lithuania in 1685 náktije, in the New Testament of 1701 náktije, náktij’. In the Lithuanian-German dictionary of 1747 Náktij’. And also in many East Aukštaitian and Southern Aukštaitian Dzūkian dialects: Sunačius, Kupiškis, Vabalninkas, Pašvitinys, Kaltanėnai. The word naktis itself has been translated into the 4th stress pattern already in Daukša, in Universitas, in Ruhig grammar, in Donelaitis, everywhere in dialects and in the literary language. The Slavic data show a accent paradigm c. Consequently, on the basis of these data, the Balto-Slavic fixed accent is reconstructed.
Noun
Inflection
| Declension of *náktis (i-stem, fixed accent) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | ||
| Nominative | *náktis | *náktīˀ | *náktejes | |
| Accusative | *náktin | *náktīˀ | *náktī(ˀ)ns | |
| Genitive | *nákteis | *náktejau | *náktejōn | |
| Locative | *náktēiˀ | *náktejau | *náktišu | |
| Dative | *náktei | *náktimā(ˀ) | *náktimas | |
| Instrumental | *náktīˀ (early forms) | *náktimāˀ | *náktimīˀs | |
| Vocative | *náktei | *náktīˀ | *náktejes | |
Alternative reconstructions
Descendants
- East Baltic:
- West Baltic:
- Proto-Slavic: *nòťь (see there for further descendants)
References
- ^ Illich-Svitych, Vladislav M. (1963) Именная акцентуация в балтийском и славянском: Судьба акцентуационных парадигм (in Russian), Soviet Union, Moscow: Publishing house of the USSR Academy of Sciences, page 60: “Лит. naktis ― Lit. naktis”
- ^ Illich-Svitych, Vladislav M. (1979) Nominal Accentuation in Baltic and Slavic: The Fate of Accentuation Paradigms, United States of America: The MIT Press Cambridge, Massachusetts, and London, England, page 46: “Lith. naktis (fem.) 'night'.”
- ^ Dybo, Vladimir A. (2014) “Балто-славянская акцентная система и итоги индоевропейской акцентологической реконструкции”, in Slavjanskij sbornik, Novi-Sad, kniga I (in Russian), volume 8, Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy, page 33: “6. балт. nom.pl. *nàktes ― 6. balt. nom.pl. *nàktes”
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*nȏktь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 355: “*noktis”
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “naktis”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 327: “*noktís”