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Old Prussian
Etymology
Two possible routes:
- from Proto-Balto-Slavic *tas, with suffix nasalization frequent in Old Prussian;
- from earlier *tānas, a result of conflation of Proto-Balto-Slavic *ta- + *anas.
Pronoun
tāns
- he, the third person singular pronoun
Declension
|
Sg. |
Pl.
|
| Nom.
|
tāns
(tans) |
tennei
|
| Acc.
|
tennan
(tennen) |
tennans
(tannans)
|
| Dat.
|
tennesmu
(tenesmu, tennēismu, tennijsmu) |
tennēimans
(tennēimons)
|
| Gen.
|
tennessei |
tennēisan
(tenneison, tanassen, tanaessen)
|
References
- Mažiulis, Vytautas (1988–1997) “tāns”, in Prūsų kalbos etimologijos žodynas (in Lithuanian), Vilnius
- W. R. Schmalstieg (1971) “New Look at the Old Prussian Pronoun”, in Baltistica VII(2), Vilnius: Vilniau Universitetas