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Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/áwis

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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

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *h₂ówis.

Noun

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*áwis f[1][2]

  1. sheep

Inflection

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Declension of *áwis (i-stem, fixed accent)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative *áwis *áwīˀ *áwejes
Accusative *áwin *áwīˀ *áwī(ˀ)ns
Genitive *áweis *áwejau *áwejōn
Locative *áwēiˀ *áwejau *áwišu
Dative *áwei *áwimā(ˀ) *áwimas
Instrumental *áwīˀ (early forms) *áwimāˀ *áwimīˀs
Vocative *áwei *áwīˀ *áwejes

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • East Baltic:
    • Latvian: avs
    • Lithuanian: avìs
  • Proto-Slavic: *ovьcà (< *awi-kāˀ) (see there for further descendants)

References

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  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*ovьcà”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 384:*owis
  2. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “avis”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 74:*owis; *owikaʔ