Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/jauˀnás

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 *h₂yéwh₁n-o-s, from *h₂yuh₁en- (“young”).

Adjective

*jauˀnás^[1]^[2]^[3]

young

Inflection

Mobile accent.

Descendants

East Baltic:
- Latgalian: jauns
- Latvian: jaûns
- Lithuanian: jáunas
- Sudovian: iaunis
Proto-Slavic: *jȗnъ (see there for further descendants)

References

^ 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
^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*jȗnъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 208: “*iouʔnós”
^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “jaunas”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 209: “*iouʔnós”

[1] 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

[2] Derksen, Rick (2008) “*jȗnъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 208: “*iouʔnós”

[3] Derksen, Rick (2015) “jaunas”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 209: “*iouʔnós”

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