Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/dílˀgas

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search
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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Indo-European *dl̥h₁gʰós, with accent retraction due to Hirt's law.

Adjective[edit]

*dílˀgas[1][2]

  1. long

Inflection[edit]

Fixed accent.

Descendants[edit]

  • East Baltic:
    • Latgalian: ilgs
    • Latvian: il̃gs
    • Lithuanian: ìlgas
  • West Baltic:
    • Old Prussian: ilgi
  • Proto-Slavic: *dь̀lgъ (see there for further descendants)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*dь̀lgъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 133:*dílʔgos
  2. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “ilgas”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 199:*dílʔgos