Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/srḗˀnas

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Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/srḗˀnas

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 *srḗn-s, from *sren- (“side”). Cognate with Proto-Iranian *rā́nah (“side; hip”), and possibly Latin frōns (“forehead”), Proto-West Germanic *stirniju (“forehead”).

Noun

*srḗˀnas m[1]

1. hip, loins

Inflection

Declension of *srḗˀnas (o-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*srḗˀnas	*srḗˀnōˀ	*srḗˀnai
Accusative	*srḗˀnun	*srḗˀnōˀ	*srḗˀnuns
Genitive	*srḗˀnā	*srḗˀnauš	*srḗˀnun
Locative	*srḗˀnai	*srḗˀnauš	*srḗˀnaišu
Dative	*srḗˀnōi	*srḗˀnamō	*srḗˀnamas
Instrumental	*srḗˀnōˀ	*srḗˀnamō	*srḗˀnaiš
Vocative	*srḗˀne	*srḗˀnōˀ	*srḗˀnai

Descendants

• East Baltic:
  • Lithuanian: striena
  • Latvian: strėnos f pl, (dialectal) srėnos
• West Baltic:
  • Old Prussian: straunay

References

1. De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “rēnēs, -ium”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 519