Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/wájas

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 *wóyh₁os, from Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁- (“to chase”).^[1]

Noun

*wájas m^[1]

soldier

Inflection

Declension of *wájas (o-stem, fixed accent)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*wájas	*wájōˀ	*wájai⁽ˀ⁾
Accusative	*wájan	*wájōˀ	*wájō⁽ˀ⁾ns
Genitive	*wájā	*wájāu⁽ˀ⁾	*wájōn
Locative	*wájai	*wájāu⁽ˀ⁾	*wájaišu
Dative	*wájōi	*wájamā⁽ˀ⁾	*wájamas
Instrumental	*wájōˀ	*wájamāˀ	*wájōis
Vocative	*wáje	*wájōˀ	*wájai⁽ˀ⁾

Descendants

Proto-Slavic: *vojь (see there for further descendants)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Derksen, Rick (2008) “*vojь; *voinъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 524: “m. jo; m. o 'soldier'”

[EDSIL-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Derksen, Rick (2008) “*vojь; *voinъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 524: “m. jo; m. o 'soldier'”

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