Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/dantís

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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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Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *h₃dónts (tooth).[1]

Noun

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*dantís f

  1. tooth
    Alternative form of *dentís

Inflection

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Declension of *dantís (i-stem, mobile accent)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative *dantís *dántīˀ *dántejes
Accusative *dántin *dántīˀ *dántī(ˀ)ns
Genitive *dantéis *dantejáu *dantejṓn
Locative *dantḗiˀ *dantejáu *dantíšu
Dative *dántei *dantímā(ˀ) *dantímas
Instrumental *dántīˀ (early forms) *dantímāˀ *dantímīˀs
Vocative *dantéi *dántīˀ *dántejes

Descendants

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  • East Baltic:
    • Lithuanian: dantìs
  • West Baltic:

References

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  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “dantis”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 115