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Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/śwṓ

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
*śwṓ

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓ.[1]

Noun

*śwṓ m

  1. dog

Inflection
Declension of *śwṓ (athematic, mobile accent)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative *śwṓ *śúne *śúnes
Accusative *śúnin *śúne *śúnins
Genitive *śunés — *śunṓn
Locative *śuní — *śunsú
Dative *śúnei — *śunmás
Instrumental *śunḗˀ — *śunmī́ˀs
Vocative *śwán *śúne *śúnes

Descendants
  • East Baltic:
    • Latvian: suns, (dialectal) so
    • Old Lithuanian: šuõ
    • Samogitian: šou
  • West Baltic:

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2015) “šuo”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 455: “*ḱuõn”

Further reading
  • Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “suns”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN, page 324
  • Mažiulis, Vytautas (1988–1997) “sunis”, in Prūsų kalbos etimologijos žodynas [Etymological dictionary of Old Prussian]‎ (in Lithuanian), Vilnius
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