Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/aśís

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 *h₂eḱs-i-s, from *h₂eḱs- (“axis, axle”).

Noun

*aśís f[1][2]

axle, axis

Inflection

Declension of *aśís (i-stem, mobile accent)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*aśís	*áśīˀ	*áśejes
Accusative	*áśin	*áśīˀ	*áśī⁽ˀ⁾ns
Genitive	*aśéis	*aśejáu	*aśejṓn
Locative	*aśḗiˀ	*aśejáu	*aśíšu
Dative	*áśei	*aśímā⁽ˀ⁾	*aśímas
Instrumental	*áśīˀ (early forms)	*aśímāˀ	*aśímīˀs
Vocative	*aśéi	*áśīˀ	*áśejes

Descendants

East Baltic:
- Latgalian: ass
- Latvian: ass
- Lithuanian: ašìs
West Baltic:
- Old Prussian: assis
Proto-Slavic: *ȍsь (see there for further descendants)

References

Derksen, Rick (2008), “*ȏsь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 380: “*aśis”
Derksen, Rick (2015), “ašis”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 380: “*aśis”

[1] Derksen, Rick (2008), “*ȏsь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 380: “*aśis”

[2] Derksen, Rick (2015), “ašis”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 380: “*aśis”