Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/lā́ˀwāˀ

This Proto-Balto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed words 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 *leh₂wéh₂, with accent retraction due to Hirt's law. Hirt's law was undone in the Latvian and West Slavic dialects. In Lithuanian dialects, the tendency to generalize the root accent prevailed.

Noun

*lā́ˀwāˀ f

place to sleep
bench, bed

Inflection

Fixed accent.

Declension of *lā́ˀwāˀ (ā-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*lā́ˀwāˀ	*lā́ˀwaiˀ	*lā́ˀwāˀs
Accusative	*lā́ˀwanˀ	*lā́ˀwaiˀ	*lā́ˀwāˀs
Genitive	*lā́ˀwāˀs	*lā́ˀwāˀuš?	*lā́ˀwun
Locative	*lā́ˀwāiˀ	*lā́ˀwāˀuš?	*lā́ˀwāˀsu
Dative	*lā́ˀwāiˀ	*lā́ˀwāˀmō	*lā́ˀwāˀmas
Instrumental	*lā́ˀwāˀm	*lā́ˀwāˀmō	*lā́ˀwāˀmiš
Vocative	*lā́ˀwa	*lā́ˀwaiˀ	*lā́ˀwāˀs

Descendants

East Baltic:
- Latvian: lâva
- Lithuanian: lóva
Slavic: *lavà (see there for further descendants)
→ Finnic: *lava
- Finnish: lava