Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/awinas

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 *awis +‎ *-nas.

Noun

*awinas m[1][2]

ram (male sheep)

Inflection

Declension of *awinas (o-stem, unknown accent)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*awinas	*awinōˀ	*awinai⁽ˀ⁾
Accusative	*awinan	*awinōˀ	*awinō⁽ˀ⁾ns
Genitive	*awinā	*awināu⁽ˀ⁾	*awinōn
Locative	*awinai	*awināu⁽ˀ⁾	*awinaišu
Dative	*awinōi	*awinamā⁽ˀ⁾	*awinamas
Instrumental	*awinōˀ	*awinamāˀ	*awinōis
Vocative	*awine	*awinōˀ	*awinai⁽ˀ⁾

Descendants

East Baltic:
- Latvian: àuns
- Lithuanian: ãvinas
West Baltic:
- Old Prussian: awins
Proto-Slavic: *ovьnъ (see there for further descendants)
→ Proto-Finnic: *oinas (see there for further descendants)

References

Derksen, Rick (2008), “*ovьnъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 384: “*owinos”
Derksen, Rick (2015), “avinas”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 73: “*owinos”

[1] Derksen, Rick (2008), “*ovьnъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 384: “*owinos”

[2] Derksen, Rick (2015), “avinas”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 73: “*owinos”