Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/inźūˀ

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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 earlier *dinźūˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s (specifically the oblique stem *dn̥ǵʰuh₂-).

    Noun[edit]

    *inźūˀ f[1][2]

    1. tongue

    Inflection[edit]

    This noun needs an inflection-table template.

    Descendants[edit]

    • East Baltic:
      • Lithuanian: liežùvis (influenced by liežti (“to lick”))
    • West Baltic:
      • Old Prussian: insuwis (= inzuwis, with s due to German orthography. For the ending compare sirwis (“roe”))
    • Proto-Slavic: *ęzỳkъ (< *inźū́ˀkas) (see there for further descendants)

    References[edit]

    1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*ęzỳkъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 159: “*inźuʔ-”
    2. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “liežuvis”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 285: “*inźuʔ-”
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