Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/náktis
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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 *nókʷts.
Noun
Inflection
Mobile accent.
| Declension of *náktis (i-stem, unknown accent) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | ||
| Nominative | *naktis | *naktīˀ | *naktejes | |
| Accusative | *naktin | *naktīˀ | *naktī(ˀ)ns | |
| Genitive | *nakteis | *naktejau | *naktejōn | |
| Locative | *naktēiˀ | *naktejau | *naktišu | |
| Dative | *naktei | *naktimā(ˀ) | *naktimas | |
| Instrumental | *naktīˀ (early forms) | *naktimāˀ | *naktimīˀs | |
| Vocative | *naktei | *naktīˀ | *naktejes | |
Descendants
- Latvian: nakts
- Lithuanian: naktìs
- Old Prussian: naktin (acc. sg.)
- Proto-Slavic: *nȏťь (see there for further descendants)
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*nȏktь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 355: “*noktis”
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “naktis”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 327: “*noktís”