Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/gawaras

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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 *gowH-o-ro-s, from *g⁽ʷ⁾ew(H)- (to call, name).[1] Cognate to Sanskrit जोगुवे (joguve) and Ancient Greek γόος (góos).

Noun[edit]

*gawaras m

  1. prattle, grumble

Inflection[edit]

Declension of *gawaras (o-stem, mobile accent)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative *gawarás *gawarōˀ *gawarái(ˀ)
Accusative *gawaran *gawarōˀ *gawarō(ˀ)ns
Genitive *gawarā *gawarā́u(ˀ) *gawarṓn
Locative *gawarai *gawarā́u(ˀ) *gawaráišu
Dative *gawarōi *gawarámā(ˀ) *gawarámas
Instrumental *gawarōˀ *gawarámāˀ *gawarṓis
Vocative *gaware *gawarōˀ *gawarái(ˀ)

Descendants[edit]

  • Latvian: gaura (chatter)
  • Proto-Slavic: *govorъ

Related terms[edit]

  • *gawarītei (to prattle, to grumble) (<*gowH-or-ye-ti)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “gȍvorъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, pages 181-182.