Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/kā́ˀwāˀ
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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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From **kāˀwas (“sound of jackdaw”) + *-āˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂w- (“to cry out, to call, to howl”).
Noun
[edit]*kā́ˀwāˀ f
Inflection
[edit]| Declension of *kā́ˀwāˀ (ā-stem, fixed accent) | ||||
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| Singular | Dual | Plural | ||
| Nominative | *kā́ˀwāˀ | *kā́ˀwāiˀ | *kā́ˀwās | |
| Accusative | *kā́ˀwā(ˀ)n | *kā́ˀwāiˀ | *kā́ˀwā(ˀ)ns | |
| Genitive | *kā́ˀwā(ˀ)s | *kā́ˀwāu(ˀ) | *kā́ˀwōn | |
| Locative | *kā́ˀwāiˀ | *kā́ˀwāu(ˀ) | *kā́ˀwā(ˀ)su | |
| Dative | *kā́ˀwāi | *kā́ˀwā(ˀ)mā(ˀ) | *kā́ˀwā(ˀ)mas | |
| Instrumental | *kā́ˀwāˀn | *kā́ˀwā(ˀ)māˀ | *kā́ˀwā(ˀ)mīˀs | |
| Vocative | *kā́ˀwa | *kā́ˀwāiˀ | *kā́ˀwās | |
Descendants
[edit]- East Baltic:
- Lithuanian: kóva (dialectal)
- ⇒ Old Lithuanian: kóvas (“rook (Corvus frugilegus); March, February”)
- Lithuanian: kóvas (“rook; March”)
- Proto-Slavic: *kàva (see there for further descendants)