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Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/génāˀ

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 *gʷḗn.

Noun

*génāˀ f [1][2][3]

  1. woman

Inflection

Fixed accent.

Declension of *génāˀ (ā-stem)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative *génāˀ *génaiˀ *génāˀs
Accusative *génanˀ *génaiˀ *génāˀs
Genitive *génāˀs *génāˀuš? *génun
Locative *génāiˀ *génāˀuš? *génāˀsu
Dative *génāiˀ *génāˀmō *génāˀmas
Instrumental *génāˀm *génāˀmō *génāˀmiš
Vocative *géna *génaiˀ *génāˀs

Descendants
  • Old Prussian: genno
  • Slavic: *ženà (see there for further descendants)

References
  1. Kim, Ronald (2018), “The Phonology of Balto-Slavic”, in Jared S. Klein, Brian Joseph, and Matthias Fritz, editors, Comparative Indo-European Linguistics: An International Handbook of Language Comparison and the Reconstruction of Indo-European‎, Berlin: de Gruyter
  2. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*ženà”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 558: “*génaʔ”
  3. Derksen, Rick (2015), “genno”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 558: “*génaʔ”
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