Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/nísda

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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 *nisdós.

Noun[edit]

*nísda n[1][2]

  1. nest

Inflection[edit]

Mobile accent.

Declension of *nísda (o-stem)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative *nisda *nisdai *nisdāˀ
Accusative *nisda *nisdai *nisdāˀ
Genitive *nisdā *nisdāu(ˀ) *nisdōn
Locative *nisdai *nisdāu(ˀ) *nisdaišu
Dative *nisdōi *nisdamā(ˀ) *nisdamas
Instrumental *nisdōˀ *nisdamāˀ *nisdōis
Vocative *nisda *nisdai *nisdāˀ

Descendants[edit]

  • Latvian: ligzds, ligzda
  • Lithuanian: lìzdas
  • Proto-Slavic: *gně̄zdò (see there for further descendants)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*gně̄zdò”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 169:*nizdó
  2. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “lizdas”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 290:*nizdó