Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/teterwás

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 *tetr̥-wó-s, from *teter- (“hen-like bird”) +‎ *-wós.

Cognate with Proto-Iranian *tatr̥wáh, Sanskrit तित्तिर (tittirá), Ancient Greek τέτραξ (tétrax, “type of bird”), τετράων (tetráōn, “grouse”), Latin turtur, Proto-Celtic *teteros (whence Middle Irish tethra), Proto-Germanic *þeduraz (“wood grouse, capercaillie”) (whence Old Norse þiðurr).

Noun

*teterwás m

1. grouse

Inflection

Declension of *teterwás (o-stem, mobile accent)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*teterwás	*téterwōˀ	*teterwái(ˀ)
Accusative	*téterwan	*téterwōˀ	*téterwō(ˀ)ns
Genitive	*téterwā	*teterwā́u(ˀ)	*teterwṓn
Locative	*téterwai	*teterwā́u(ˀ)	*teterwáišu
Dative	*téterwōi	*teterwámā(ˀ)	*teterwámas
Instrumental	*téterwōˀ	*teterwámāˀ	*teterwṓis
Vocative	*téterwe	*téterwōˀ	*teterwái(ˀ)

Descendants

• East Baltic:
  • Lithuanian: tetervà
• West Baltic:
  • Old Prussian: tatarwis
• Proto-Slavic: *tetervь (see there for further descendants)