Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/šéš

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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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs. The initial consonant was assimilated to the final one.

Numeral[edit]

*šéš[1][2]

Proto-Balto-Slavic cardinal numbers
 <  5 6 7  > 
    Cardinal : *šéš
  1. six

Inflection[edit]

This numeral needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants[edit]

  • Latgalian: seši
  • Latvian: seši
  • Lithuanian: šešì
  • Proto-Slavic: *šȅstь (< *šeš-ti) (see there for further descendants)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*šȇstь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 487:*ṣeṣ
  2. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “šeši”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 446:*ṣeṣ