Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/źénˀtas

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 *ǵemH-t-os (“son-in-law”), from *ǵemH- (“to form a relationship; to marry”), or else from *ǵénh₁-to-s (“relative”), from *ǵenh₁- (“to give birth”) (the two roots appear to have been confused within Balto-Slavic).

Noun

*źénˀtas m^[1]^[2]^[3]

son-in-law, relative

Inflection

Declension of *źénˀtas (o-stem, fixed accent)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*źénˀtas	*źénˀtōˀ	*źénˀtai⁽ˀ⁾
Accusative	*źénˀtan	*źénˀtōˀ	*źénˀtō⁽ˀ⁾ns
Genitive	*źénˀtā	*źénˀtāu⁽ˀ⁾	*źénˀtōn
Locative	*źénˀtai	*źénˀtāu⁽ˀ⁾	*źénˀtaišu
Dative	*źénˀtōi	*źénˀtamā⁽ˀ⁾	*źénˀtamas
Instrumental	*źénˀtōˀ	*źénˀtamāˀ	*źénˀtōis
Vocative	*źénˀte	*źénˀtōˀ	*źénˀtai⁽ˀ⁾

Related terms

*źíntis

Descendants

Lithuanian: žéntas
Proto-Slavic: *zętь

References

^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*zę̀tь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 543: “BSl. *źénʔtis; *źénʔtos”
^ Kim, Ronald (2018) “The Phonology of Balto-Slavic”, in Jared S. Klein, Brian Joseph, and Matthias Fritz, editors, Handbook of Comparative Indo-European Linguistics: An International Handbook‎^[1], Berlin: de Gruyter, →ISBN
^ Jasanoff, J. (2011) “Balto-Slavic mobility as an Indo-European problem”, in R. Sukač, editor, From Present to Past and Back: Papers on Baltic and Slavic Accentology (Potsdam Linguistic Investigations; 7), Frankfurt: Peter Lang, →ISBN, pages 52–74

[1] Derksen, Rick (2008) “*zę̀tь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 543: “BSl. *źénʔtis; *źénʔtos”

[2] Kim, Ronald (2018) “The Phonology of Balto-Slavic”, in Jared S. Klein, Brian Joseph, and Matthias Fritz, editors, Handbook of Comparative Indo-European Linguistics: An International Handbook‎^[1], Berlin: de Gruyter, →ISBN

[3] Jasanoff, J. (2011) “Balto-Slavic mobility as an Indo-European problem”, in R. Sukač, editor, From Present to Past and Back: Papers on Baltic and Slavic Accentology (Potsdam Linguistic Investigations; 7), Frankfurt: Peter Lang, →ISBN, pages 52–74

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