Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/wáps
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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]
Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *wóps.
Reconstruction notes[edit]
The Old Prussian form with /b/ is probably aligned from oblique cases.
Noun[edit]
*wáps f
Inflection[edit]
Perhaps a mobile accent with alignment to a fixed accent.
| Declension of *wáps (athematic, mobile accent) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | ||
| Nominative | *wáps | *wábe | *wábes | |
| Accusative | *wábin | *wábe | *wábins | |
| Genitive | *wabés | — | *wabṓn | |
| Locative | *wabí | — | *wabsú | |
| Dative | *wábei | — | *wabmás | |
| Instrumental | *wabḗˀ | — | *wabmī́ˀs | |
| Vocative | *wab | *wábe | *wábes | |
Alternative reconstructions[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- East Baltic:
- West Baltic:
- ⇒ Old Prussian: wobse
- ⇒ Proto-Slavic: *osà (see there for further descendants)
- →? Proto-Finnic: *vapsa- (see there for further descendants)
References[edit]
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “vapsva”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 488: “*wóps(w)aʔ”