Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/láukšnāˀ

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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]

Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *lówksneh₂ (moon). Compare with *déntsnāˀ.

Noun[edit]

*láukšnāˀ f[1][2]

  1. moon

Inflection[edit]

Declension of *láukšnāˀ (ā-stem, fixed accent)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative *láukšnāˀ *láukšnāiˀ *láukšnās
Accusative *láukšnā(ˀ)n *láukšnāiˀ *láukšnā(ˀ)ns
Genitive *láukšnā(ˀ)s *láukšnāu(ˀ) *láukšnōn
Locative *láukšnāiˀ *láukšnāu(ˀ) *láukšnā(ˀ)su
Dative *láukšnāi *láukšnā(ˀ)(ˀ) *láukšnā(ˀ)mas
Instrumental *láukšnāˀn *láukšnā(ˀ)māˀ *láukšnā(ˀ)mīˀs
Vocative *láukšna *láukšnāiˀ *láukšnās

Descendants[edit]

  • West Baltic:
    • Old Prussian: lauksnā
  • Proto-Slavic: *lunà (see there for further descendants)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*lunà”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 291:f. ā ‘moon’
  2. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “lauxnos”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 561:*louk-sneh₂