Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/nísda

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 *nisdós.

Noun

*nísda n[1][2]

nest

Inflection

Mobile accent.

Declension of *nísda (o-stem)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*nisda	*nisdai	*nisdāˀ
Accusative	*nisda	*nisdai	*nisdāˀ
Genitive	*nisdā	*nisdāu⁽ˀ⁾	*nisdōn
Locative	*nisdai	*nisdāu⁽ˀ⁾	*nisdaišu
Dative	*nisdōi	*nisdamā⁽ˀ⁾	*nisdamas
Instrumental	*nisdōˀ	*nisdamāˀ	*nisdōis
Vocative	*nisda	*nisdai	*nisdāˀ

Descendants

Latvian: ligzds, ligzda
Lithuanian: lìzdas
Proto-Slavic: *gně̄zdò (see there for further descendants)

References

Derksen, Rick (2008), “*gně̄zdò”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 169: “*nizdó”
Derksen, Rick (2015), “lizdas”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 290: “*nizdó”

[1] Derksen, Rick (2008), “*gně̄zdò”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 169: “*nizdó”

[2] Derksen, Rick (2015), “lizdas”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 290: “*nizdó”