Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/radás

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

Linked to the causative verb *radéiˀtei (“to give birth”), from Proto-Indo-European *(H)rodʰ-éye-ti (“to give birth”), but the root is apparently Balto-Slavic only.^[1] Has also been compared to Proto-Germanic *razną (“house, dwelling”).

Noun

*radás m^[2]

birth, genus

Inflection

Declension of *radás (o-stem, mobile accent)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*radás	*rádōˀ	*radái⁽ˀ⁾
Accusative	*rádan	*rádōˀ	*rádō⁽ˀ⁾ns
Genitive	*rádā	*radā́u⁽ˀ⁾	*radṓn
Locative	*rádai	*radā́u⁽ˀ⁾	*radáišu
Dative	*rádōi	*radámā⁽ˀ⁾	*radámas
Instrumental	*rádōˀ	*radámāˀ	*radṓis
Vocative	*ráde	*rádōˀ	*radái⁽ˀ⁾

Descendants

East Baltic:
- Latgalian: rods (“relative”)
- Latvian: rads (“birth, origin, kin, people, sex, sort”)
Proto-Slavic: *rȍdъ (“birth, origin, clan, family, yield”) (see there for further descendants)

References

^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*rodìti I”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 437: “BSl. *rod-ei/i-”
^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*rȏdъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 437: “BSl. *rodos”

[1] Derksen, Rick (2008) “*rodìti I”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 437: “BSl. *rod-ei/i-”

[2] Derksen, Rick (2008) “*rȏdъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 437: “BSl. *rodos”

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