Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/dṓˀnāˀ

This Proto-Balto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed words 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 *dʰoHnéh₂, with accent retraction due to Hirt's law.[1]

Noun

*dṓˀnāˀ f

grain
bread

Inflection

Fixed accent.

Declension of *dṓˀnāˀ (ā-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*dṓˀnāˀ	*dṓˀnaiˀ	*dṓˀnāˀs
Accusative	*dṓˀnanˀ	*dṓˀnaiˀ	*dṓˀnāˀs
Genitive	*dṓˀnāˀs	*dṓˀnāˀuš?	*dṓˀnun
Locative	*dṓˀnāiˀ	*dṓˀnāˀuš?	*dṓˀnāˀsu
Dative	*dṓˀnāiˀ	*dṓˀnāˀmō	*dṓˀnāˀmas
Instrumental	*dṓˀnāˀm	*dṓˀnāˀmō	*dṓˀnāˀmiš
Vocative	*dṓˀna	*dṓˀnaiˀ	*dṓˀnāˀs

Descendants

Latvian: dõna
Lithuanian: dúona

References

Derksen, Rick (2015), “duona”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 146: “*dʰoH-neh₂ (*dʰeh₃-neh₁?) [...] The fixed stress on the root originates from Hirt's law.”

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[1] Derksen, Rick (2015), “duona”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 146: “*dʰoH-neh₂ (*dʰeh₃-neh₁?) [...] The fixed stress on the root originates from Hirt's law.”