Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/-ītjas

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

    Proto-Balto-Slavic innovation. From *-īt- +‎ *-jás[1]

    Suffix

    *-ītjas m

    1. Denominal, forming masculine diminutives from masculine nouns.
      ‎*wilkás (“wolf”) + ‎*-ītjas → ‎*wilkītjas (“little wolf”)
      ‎*angurjás (“eel”) + ‎*-ītjas → ‎*angurītjas (“little eel”)
      ‎*put- + ‎*-ītjas → ‎*putītjas (“little bird”)
      ‎*warnás (“crow”) + ‎*-ītjas → ‎*wárnītjas (“little crow”)
      ‎*źansís (“goose”) + ‎*-ītjas → ‎*źansītjas (“little goose”)

    Declension

    Declension of *-ītjas (o-stem, unknown accent)
    singular dual plural
    nominative *-ītjas *-ītjōˀ *-ītjai(ˀ)
    accusative *-ītjan *-ītjōˀ *-ītjō(ˀ)ns
    genitive *-ītjā *-ītjāu(ˀ) *-ītjōn
    locative *-ītjai *-ītjāu(ˀ) *-ītjaišu
    dative *-ītjōi *-ītjamā(ˀ) *-ītjamas
    instrumental *-ītjōˀ *-ītjamāˀ *-ītjōis
    vocative *-ītje *-ītjōˀ *-ītjai(ˀ)

    Derived terms

    Proto-Balto-Slavic terms suffixed with *-ītjas
    Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/wárnītjas
    Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/wilkītjas

    Descendants

    • East Baltic:
      • Latvian: -ītis
      • Old Lithuanian: -ýtis
        • Lithuanian: -ýtis
    • Proto-Slavic: *-iťь (see there for further descendants)

    References

    1. ^ SP, vol. 2, page 55‒60: “Suf. -iťь”
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