Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/inźūˀ
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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 earlier *dinźūˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s (specifically the oblique stem *dn̥ǵʰuh₂-).
Noun
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
- Lithuanian: liežùvis (influenced by liežti (“to lick”))
- Old Prussian: insuwis
- ⇒ Proto-Slavic: *ęzỳkъ (< *inźūˀ-kas) (see there for further descendants)
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*ęzỳkъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 159: “*inźuʔ-”
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “liežuvis”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 285: “*inźuʔ-”