< Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic
Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/dṓˀnāˀ
Proto-Balto-Slavic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *dʰoHnéh₂, with accent retraction due to Hirt's law.[1]
Noun
*dṓˀnāˀ f
- grain
- bread
Inflection
Declension of *dṓˀnāˀ (ā-stem, fixed accent) | ||||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | ||
Nominative | *dṓˀnāˀ | *dṓˀnāiˀ | *dṓˀnās | |
Accusative | *dṓˀnā(ˀ)n | *dṓˀnāiˀ | *dṓˀnā(ˀ)ns | |
Genitive | *dṓˀnā(ˀ)s | *dṓˀnāu(ˀ) | *dṓˀnōn | |
Locative | *dṓˀnāiˀ | *dṓˀnāu(ˀ) | *dṓˀnā(ˀ)su | |
Dative | *dṓˀnāi | *dṓˀnā(ˀ)mā(ˀ) | *dṓˀnā(ˀ)mas | |
Instrumental | *dṓˀnāˀn | *dṓˀnā(ˀ)māˀ | *dṓˀnā(ˀ)mīˀs | |
Vocative | *dṓˀna | *dṓˀnāiˀ | *dṓˀnās |
Descendants
- East Baltic:
- Latvian: dõna
- Lithuanian: dúona
References
- Derksen, Rick (2015), “duona”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 146: “*dʰoH-neh₂ (*dʰeh₃-neh₁?) [...] The fixed stress on the root originates from Hirt's law.”