Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/wáljāˀ

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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 *wolh₁-yeh₂, from *welh₁- (“to choose, want”).

Noun[edit]

*wáljāˀ f[1][2]

  1. will

Inflection[edit]

Declension of *wáljāˀ (ā-stem, fixed accent)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative *wáljāˀ *wáljāiˀ *wáljās
Accusative *wáljā(ˀ)n *wáljāiˀ *wáljā(ˀ)ns
Genitive *wáljā(ˀ)s *wáljāu(ˀ) *wáljōn
Locative *wáljāiˀ *wáljāu(ˀ) *wáljā(ˀ)su
Dative *wáljāi *wáljā(ˀ)mā(ˀ) *wáljā(ˀ)mas
Instrumental *wáljāˀn *wáljā(ˀ)māˀ *wáljā(ˀ)mīˀs
Vocative *wálja *wáljāiˀ *wáljās

Descendants[edit]

  • East Baltic:
    • Latvian: vaļa
    • Lithuanian: valià
  • Proto-Slavic: *voľà (see there for further descendants)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*vòļa”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 525: “BSl. *wóleiʔ; *wolj-”
  2. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “valia”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 487: “BSl. *wóleiʔ; *wolj-”
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