Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/auš-

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

Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ṓws (“ear”). Cognate with Proto-Germanic *ausô, Proto-Celtic *ausos, Proto-Italic *auzis, Proto-Iranian *HušíH.

Noun

*auš- ?

(anatomy) ear (the organ of hearing)

Declension

As attested in Baltic and Slavic (feminine i-stem):

Declension of *auš- (i-stem, unknown accent)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*aušis	*aušīˀ	*aušejes
accusative	*aušin	*aušīˀ	*aušī⁽ˀ⁾ns
genitive	*aušeis	*aušejau	*aušejōn
locative	*aušēiˀ	*aušejau	*aušišu
dative	*aušei	*aušimā⁽ˀ⁾	*aušimas
instrumental	*aušīˀ (early forms)	*aušimāˀ	*aušimīˀs
vocative	*aušei	*aušīˀ	*aušejes

As attested in Slavic only (neuter s-stem):

Declension of *auš- (consonant stem)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*auša	*aušesīˀ	*aušesāˀ?
accusative	*auša	*aušesīˀ	*aušesāˀ?
genitive	*aušeses	*aušesauš?	*aušesun
locative	*aušes(i)?	*aušesauš?	*aušesišu
dative	*aušesei	*aušesimō	*aušesimas
instrumental	*aušesēˀ?	*aušesimō	*aušesimiš
vocative	*auša	*aušesīˀ	*aušesāˀ?

Descendants

East Baltic:
- Latvian: auss
- Old Lithuanian: ausi̇̀s
  - Lithuanian: ausi̇̀s
West Baltic:
- Old Prussian: āusins (acc. pl.)
Proto-Slavic: *ȗxo, *ȗši du (see there for further descendants)

References

Derksen, Rick (2015), “ausis”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 71
Derksen, Rick (2008), Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN
Halla-aho, Jussi (2006), Problems of Proto-Slavic Historical Nominal Morphology: On the Basis of Old Church Slavic (Slavica Helsingiensia; 26), Helsinki: University of Helsinki