tāns
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Old Prussian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Two possible routes:
- from Proto-Balto-Slavic *tas, with suffix nasalization frequent in Old Prussian;
- from earlier *tānas, a result of conflation of Proto-Balto-Slavic *ta- + *anas.
Pronoun
[edit]tāns
- he, the third person singular pronoun
Declension
[edit]| Sg. | Pl. | |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | tāns (tans) |
tennei |
| Acc. | tennan (tennen) |
tennans (tannans) |
| Dat. | tennesmu (tenesmu, tennēismu, tennijsmu) |
tennēimans (tennēimons) |
| Gen. | tennessei | tennēisan (tenneison, tanassen, tanaessen) |
References
[edit]- Mažiulis, Vytautas (1988–1997) “tāns”, in Prūsų kalbos etimologijos žodynas [Etymological dictionary of Old Prussian][1] (in Lithuanian), Vilnius
- W. R. Schmalstieg (1971) “New Look at the Old Prussian Pronoun”, in Baltistica VII(2), Vilnius: Vilniau Universitetas