Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/devętь
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This Proto-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-Slavic
Etymology
Ultimately from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥. Compare Latvian deviņi, Lithuanian devyni, from Eastern Baltic *dewin, ultimately of the same Indo-European root. The initial 'd' in Eastern Baltic and Slavic has sometimes been explained as dissimilation, or by alliteration to *desętь (“ten”) (compare a similar alliteration that may have occurred in Proto-Germanic between *fedwōr (“four”) and *fimf (“five”)).
Noun
| 90 | ||
| ← 8 | 9 | 10 → |
|---|---|---|
| Cardinal: *devętь Ordinal: *devętъ Adverbial: *devętь kortь Multiplier: *devętьnъ, *devętь kortьnъ Collective: *devętero Fractional: *devętina | ||
Declension
Declension of *devętь (consonant stem)
| Case | Singular | Dual | Plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *devętь | — | — |
| Accusative | *devętь | — | — |
| Genitive | *devęte | — | — |
| Locative | *devęte | — | — |
| Dative | *devęti | — | — |
| Instrumental | *devętьjǫ | — | — |
| Vocative | — | — | — |
Derived terms
- *devęsilъ (“an Asteraceae medicinal plant”)
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*dȅvętь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 101: “num. i (c) ‘nine’”
- ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “devętь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “f. c nine (PR 138)”