Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/ungnis

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 *h₁n̥gʷnís.

Noun

*ungnis ? [1][2]

fire

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

Latvian: uguns
Lithuanian: ugnìs, ùgnis (dialectal)
Old Prussian: ugnis
Slavic: *ògňь (see there for further descendants)

References

Derksen, Rick (2008), “*ògņь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 364: “*ungnis”
Derksen, Rick (2015), “ugnis”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 478: “*ungnis”

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[1] Derksen, Rick (2008), “*ògņь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 364: “*ungnis”

[2] Derksen, Rick (2015), “ugnis”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 478: “*ungnis”