Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/mā́ˀtē

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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 *méh₂tēr.

Noun

*mā́ˀtē f[1][2][3]

  1. mother

Inflection

Fixed accent.

Declension of *mā́ˀtē (consonant stem)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative *mā́ˀtē *mā́ˀtere *mā́ˀteres
Accusative *mā́ˀterin *mā́ˀtere *mā́ˀterins
Genitive *mā́ˀteres *mā́ˀterauš? *mā́ˀterōn
Locative *mā́ˀterī *mā́ˀterauš? *mā́ˀterišu
Dative *mā́ˀterei *mā́ˀtēmā *mā́ˀter(i)mas
Instrumental *mā́ˀtēmi? *mā́ˀtēmā *mā́ˀterimīš? -imins?
Vocative *mā́ˀtē *mā́ˀtere *mā́ˀtēsu

Descendants

  • Latgalian: muote
  • Latvian: māte
  • Lithuanian: mótė
  • Old Prussian: mūti
  • Proto-Slavic: *màti (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ^ Kim, Ronald (2018) “The Phonology of Balto-Slavic”, in Jared S. Klein, Brian Joseph, and Matthias Fritz, editors, Handbook of Comparative Indo-European Linguistics: An International Handbook‎[1], Berlin: de Gruyter, →ISBN
  2. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*màti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 303: “*máʔter-”
  3. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “motė”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 323: “*máʔter-”
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