Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/ljáudis

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 *h₁léwdʰis, from *h₁lewdʰ- (to grow).[1][2]

    Noun

    *ljáudis m[1][2]

    1. people

    Inflection

    Declension of *ljáudis (i-stem, unknown accent)
    singular dual plural
    nominative *ljaudis *ljaudīˀ *ljaudejes
    accusative *ljaudin *ljaudīˀ *ljaudī(ˀ)ns
    genitive *ljaudeis *ljaudejau *ljaudejōn
    locative *ljaudēiˀ *ljaudejau *ljaudišu
    dative *ljaudei *ljaudimā(ˀ) *ljaudimas
    instrumental *ljaudīˀ (early forms) *ljaudimāˀ *ljaudimīˀs
    vocative *ljaudei *ljaudīˀ *ljaudejes

    Descendants

    • East Baltic:
      • Latgalian: ļauds
      • Latvian: ļàudis
      • Lithuanian: liáudis
      • Samogitian: liaudės
    • West Baltic:
    • Proto-Slavic: *ľȗdьje (see there for further descendants)

    References

    1. 1.0 1.1 Derksen, Rick (2008), “*ļȗdьje”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 282:*ljoudejes
    2. 2.0 2.1 Derksen, Rick (2015), “liaudis”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 281:*ljoud-i-