Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/źénˀtis

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 *ǵem(H)-t-is (son-in-law), from *ǵem(H)- (to form a relationship; to marry). See also *źénˀtas.

Noun

*źénˀtis m[1]

  1. son-in-law, relative

Inflection

Declension of *źénˀtis (i-stem, fixed accent)
singular dual plural
nominative *źénˀtis *źénˀtīˀ *źénˀtejes
accusative *źénˀtin *źénˀtīˀ *źénˀtī(ˀ)ns
genitive *źénˀteis *źénˀtejau *źénˀtejōn
locative *źénˀtēiˀ *źénˀtejau *źénˀtišu
dative *źénˀtei *źénˀtimā(ˀ) *źénˀtimas
instrumental *źénˀtīˀ (early forms) *źénˀtimāˀ *źénˀtimīˀs
vocative *źénˀtei *źénˀtīˀ *źénˀtejes

Descendants

  • Proto-Slavic: *zętь (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008), “*zę̀tь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 543:BSl. *źénʔtis; *źénʔtos