Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/ljáudis

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 *h₁léwdʰis, from *h₁lewdʰ- (“to grow”).

Noun

*ljáudis m[1][2]

people

Inflection

Declension of *ljáudis (i-stem, unknown accent)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*ljaudis	*ljaudīˀ	*ljaudejes
Accusative	*ljaudin	*ljaudīˀ	*ljaudī⁽ˀ⁾ns
Genitive	*ljaudeis	*ljaudejau	*ljaudejōn
Locative	*ljaudēiˀ	*ljaudejau	*ljaudišu
Dative	*ljaudei	*ljaudimā⁽ˀ⁾	*ljaudimas
Instrumental	*ljaudīˀ (early forms)	*ljaudimāˀ	*ljaudimīˀs
Vocative	*ljaudei	*ljaudīˀ	*ljaudejes

Descendants

East Baltic:
- Latvian: ļàudis
- Lithuanian: liáudis
West Baltic:
- Old Prussian: ludis
Proto-Slavic: *ľȗdьje (see there for further descendants)

References

Derksen, Rick (2008), “*ļȗdьje”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 282: “*ljoudejes”
Derksen, Rick (2015), “liaudis”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 281: “*ljoud-i-”

[1] Derksen, Rick (2008), “*ļȗdьje”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 282: “*ljoudejes”

[2] Derksen, Rick (2015), “liaudis”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 281: “*ljoud-i-”