< Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic

Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/grī́ˀwāˀ

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 *gʷriHwéh₂, with accent retraction due to Hirt's law. Cognate with Proto-Indo-Iranian *griHwáH.

Noun

*grī́ˀwāˀ f [1][2]

  1. neck

Inflection

Fixed accent.

Descendants

  • Latvian: grĩva
  • Slavic: *grìva (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*grìva”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 189: “*gríʔwaʔ”
  2. Derksen, Rick (2015), “grīva”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 535: “*gríʔwaʔ”
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