Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/dṓˀnāˀ

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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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Indo-European *dʰoHnéh₂ (grain), with accent retraction due to Hirt's law.[1]

Noun[edit]

*dṓˀnāˀ f

  1. grain
  2. bread

Inflection[edit]

Declension of *dṓˀnāˀ (ā-stem, fixed accent)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative *dṓˀnāˀ *dṓˀnāiˀ *dṓˀnās
Accusative *dṓˀnā(ˀ)n *dṓˀnāiˀ *dṓˀnā(ˀ)ns
Genitive *dṓˀnā(ˀ)s *dṓˀnāu(ˀ) *dṓˀnōn
Locative *dṓˀnāiˀ *dṓˀnāu(ˀ) *dṓˀnā(ˀ)su
Dative *dṓˀnāi *dṓˀnā(ˀ)(ˀ) *dṓˀnā(ˀ)mas
Instrumental *dṓˀnāˀn *dṓˀnā(ˀ)māˀ *dṓˀnā(ˀ)mīˀs
Vocative *dṓˀna *dṓˀnāiˀ *dṓˀnās

Descendants[edit]

  • East Baltic:
    • Latvian: dõna
    • Lithuanian: dúona

References[edit]

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “duona”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 146:*dʰoH-neh₂ (*dʰeh₃-neh₁?) [...] The fixed stress on the root originates from Hirt's law.