Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/dérwa
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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
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *derw-o-m, from *dóru (“wood”).
Noun
Inflection
Mobile accent.
| Declension of *dérwa (o-stem) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | ||
| Nominative | *derwa | *derwai | *derwāˀ | |
| Accusative | *derwa | *derwai | *derwāˀ | |
| Genitive | *derwā | *derwāu(ˀ) | *derwōn | |
| Locative | *derwai | *derwāu(ˀ) | *derwaišu | |
| Dative | *derwōi | *derwamā(ˀ) | *derwamas | |
| Instrumental | *derwōˀ | *derwamāˀ | *derwōis | |
| Vocative | *derwa | *derwai | *derwāˀ | |
Descendants
The ā-stems of Baltic may be remnants of the original plural, reanalysed as singulars. The acute found in these languages may be an (East) Baltic innovation; Slavic offers no evidence either way due to Meillet's law.
- Latvian: dar̂va (“tar”)
- Lithuanian: dervà (“tar, resin”)
- Proto-Slavic: *dȇrvo (see there for further descendants)
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References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*dȇrvo”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 99: “*der(ʔ)wom”
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “derva”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 123: “*der(ʔ)wom”