Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/tewas

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Proto-Balto-Slavic

Etymology

Of unclear, possibly imitative, origin;[1] compare Proto-Indo-European *tata- (“dad”).

Noun

*tewas

  1. father
  2. uncle

Descendants

  • East Baltic:
    • Latgalian: tāvs
    • Latvian: tēvs
    • Latvian: tēs (Kursenieki)
    • Lithuanian: tė́vas
    • Samogitian: tievs
  • West Baltic:

References

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 464
  2. ^ , Adelung, Johann Christoph. Mithridates oder allgemeine Sprachenkunde mit dem Vater Unser als Sprachprobe in beynahe fünfhundert Sprachen und Mundarten. 2. Theil, Vossische Buchhandlung, 1809 (1. Theil 1806), p. 708 (in German)
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