Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/mā́ˀtē

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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 *méh₂tēr.

Noun[edit]

*mā́ˀtē f[1][2][3]

  1. mother

Inflection[edit]

Fixed accent.

Declension of *mā́ˀtē (r-stem)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative *mā́ˀtē *mā́ˀtere *mā́ˀteres
Accusative *mā́ˀterin *mā́ˀtere *mā́ˀterins
Genitive *mā́ˀteres *mā́ˀterauš *mā́ˀterōn
Locative *mā́ˀtere *mā́ˀterauš *mā́ˀteršu
Dative *mā́ˀterei *mā́ˀtermāˀ *mā́ˀtermas
Instrumental *mā́ˀtermi *mā́ˀtermāˀ *mā́ˀtermīš
Vocative *mā́ˀte *mā́ˀtere *mā́ˀteres

Descendants[edit]

  • East Baltic:
    • Latgalian: muote
    • Latvian: māte
    • Lithuanian: mótė, motė̃ (Eastern Dzuk and West Aukštaitian dialects)[4]
  • West Baltic:
  • Proto-Slavic: *màti (see there for further descendants)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Kim, Ronald (2018) “The Phonology of Balto-Slavic”, in Jared S. Klein, Brian Joseph, and Matthias Fritz, editors, Handbook of Comparative Indo-European Linguistics: An International Handbook[1], Berlin: de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 1978:*mā́tē
  2. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*màti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 303:*máʔter-
  3. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “motė”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 323:*máʔter-
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    Illich-Svitych, Vladislav M. (1963) Именная акцентуация в балтийском и славянском: Судьба акцентуационных парадигм [Nominal Accentuation in Baltic and Slavic: The Fate of Accentuation Paradigms]‎[2] (in Russian), Soviet Union, Moscow: Publishing house of the USSR Academy of Sciences, pages 76-77:*mā́tē