Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/aśís

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 *h₂eḱs-i-s, from *h₂eḱs- (“axis, axle”).

Noun

*aśís f^[1]^[2]

axle, axis

Inflection

Declension of *aśís (i-stem, mobile accent)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*aśís	*áśīˀ	*áśejes
accusative	*áśin	*áśīˀ	*áśī⁽ˀ⁾ns
genitive	*aśéis	*aśejáu	*aśejṓn
locative	*aśḗiˀ	*aśejáu	*aśíšu
dative	*áśei	*aśímā⁽ˀ⁾	*aśímas
instrumental	*áśīˀ (early forms)	*aśímāˀ	*aśímīˀs
vocative	*aśéi	*áśīˀ	*áśejes

Descendants

East Baltic:
- Latgalian: ass m
- Latvian: ass m
- Lithuanian: aši̇̀s m
West Baltic:
- Old Prussian: assis m
Proto-Slavic: *ȍsь (see there for further descendants)

References

^ Derksen, Rick (2008), “*ȏsь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 380: “*aśis”
^ Derksen, Rick (2015), “ašis”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 63: “*aśis”

[1] Derksen, Rick (2008), “*ȏsь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 380: “*aśis”

[2] Derksen, Rick (2015), “ašis”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 63: “*aśis”

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