Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/nā́ˀwis

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 *neh₂w-.

Noun

*nā́ˀwis f

1. death

Inflection

Declension of *nā́ˀwis (i-stem, fixed accent)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*nā́ˀwis	*nā́ˀwīˀ	*nā́ˀwīs
accusative	*nā́ˀwin	*nā́ˀwīˀ	*nā́ˀwīns
genitive	*nā́ˀweis	*nā́ˀwijau⁽ˀ⁾	*nā́ˀwijōn
locative	*nā́ˀwēi	*nā́ˀwijau⁽ˀ⁾	*nā́ˀwišu
dative	*nā́ˀwī	*nā́ˀwimāˀ	*nā́ˀwimas
instrumental	*nā́ˀwimi	*nā́ˀwimāˀ	*nā́ˀwimīs
vocative	*nā́ˀwei	*nā́ˀwīˀ	*nā́ˀwīs

In mobile paradigms, forms without an accent marker are enclinomena, which do not have inherent lexical accent.

Descendants

• East Baltic:
  • Latgalian: nuove
  • Latvian: nāve
  • Lithuanian: nõvis
• West Baltic:
  • Old Prussian: nowis (“body, flesh”)
• Proto-Slavic: *navь (see there for further descendants)