Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/áwis

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

Etymology

    From Proto-Indo-European *h₂ówis.

    Noun

    *áwis f[1][2]

    1. sheep

    Inflection

    Declension of *áwis (i-stem, fixed accent)
    singular dual plural
    nominative *áwis *áwīˀ *áwejes
    accusative *áwin *áwīˀ *áwī(ˀ)ns
    genitive *áweis *áwejau *áwejōn
    locative *áwēiˀ *áwejau *áwišu
    dative *áwei *áwimā(ˀ) *áwimas
    instrumental *áwīˀ (early forms) *áwimāˀ *áwimīˀs
    vocative *áwei *áwīˀ *áwejes

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • East Baltic:
      • Latvian: avs
      • Lithuanian: avi̇̀s
      • Samogitian: avės
    • Proto-Slavic: *ovьcà (< *awi-kāˀ) (see there for further descendants)

    References

    1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008), “*ovьcà”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 384: “*owis”
    2. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015), “avis”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 74: “*owis; *owikaʔ”
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