Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/inźūˀ

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 earlier *dinźūˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s (specifically the oblique stem *dn̥ǵʰuh₂-).

Noun

*inźūˀ f^[1]^[2]

tongue

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

East Baltic:
- Lithuanian: liežùvis (influenced by liežti (“to lick”))
West Baltic:
- Old Prussian: insuwis (= inzuwis, with s due to German orthography. For the ending compare sirwis (“roe”))
Proto-Slavic: *ęzỳkъ (< *inźū́ˀkas) (see there for further descendants)

References

^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*ęzỳkъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 159: “*inźuʔ-”
^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “liežuvis”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 285: “*inźuʔ-”

[1] Derksen, Rick (2008) “*ęzỳkъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 159: “*inźuʔ-”

[2] Derksen, Rick (2015) “liežuvis”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 285: “*inźuʔ-”

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