Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/úngnis

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 *h₁n̥gʷnís m (“fire”).

Noun

*úngnis m^[1]^[2]

fire

Inflection

Declension of *úngnis (i-stem, fixed accent)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*úngnis	*úngnīˀ	*úngnejes
Accusative	*úngnin	*úngnīˀ	*úngnī⁽ˀ⁾ns
Genitive	*úngneis	*úngnejau	*úngnejōn
Locative	*úngnēiˀ	*úngnejau	*úngnišu
Dative	*úngnei	*úngnimā⁽ˀ⁾	*úngnimas
Instrumental	*úngnīˀ (early forms)	*úngnimāˀ	*úngnimīˀs
Vocative	*úngnei	*úngnīˀ	*úngnejes

Descendants

East Baltic:
- Latgalian: guņs f
- Latvian: ugùns f
- Lithuanian: ugnìs f, ùgnis m (dialectal)
West Baltic:
- Old Prussian: ugnis f
Proto-Slavic: *ògňь m (see there for further descendants)

References

^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*ògņь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 364: “*ungnis”
^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “ugnis”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 478: “*ungnis”

[1] Derksen, Rick (2008) “*ògņь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 364: “*ungnis”

[2] Derksen, Rick (2015) “ugnis”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 478: “*ungnis”

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