Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/láukšnāˀ

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

Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *lówksneh₂ (“moon”). Compare with *déntsnāˀ.

Noun

*láukšnāˀ f^[1]^[2]

moon

Inflection

Declension of *láukšnāˀ (ā-stem, fixed accent)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*láukšnāˀ	*láukšnāiˀ	*láukšnās
Accusative	*láukšnā⁽ˀ⁾n	*láukšnāiˀ	*láukšnā⁽ˀ⁾ns
Genitive	*láukšnā⁽ˀ⁾s	*láukšnāu⁽ˀ⁾	*láukšnōn
Locative	*láukšnāiˀ	*láukšnāu⁽ˀ⁾	*láukšnā⁽ˀ⁾su
Dative	*láukšnāi	*láukšnā⁽ˀ⁾mā⁽ˀ⁾	*láukšnā⁽ˀ⁾mas
Instrumental	*láukšnāˀn	*láukšnā⁽ˀ⁾māˀ	*láukšnā⁽ˀ⁾mīˀs
Vocative	*láukšna	*láukšnāiˀ	*láukšnās

Descendants

West Baltic:
- Old Prussian: lauksnā
Proto-Slavic: *lunà (see there for further descendants)

References

^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*lunà”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 291: “f. ā ‘moon’”
^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “lauxnos”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 561: “*louk-sneh₂”

[1] Derksen, Rick (2008) “*lunà”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 291: “f. ā ‘moon’”

[2] Derksen, Rick (2015) “lauxnos”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 561: “*louk-sneh₂”

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