Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/wáljāˀ

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 *wolh₁-yeh₂, from *welh₁- (“to choose, want”).

Noun

*wáljāˀ f[1][2]

will

Inflection

Declension of *wáljāˀ (ā-stem, fixed accent)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*wáljāˀ	*wáljāiˀ	*wáljās
Accusative	*wáljā⁽ˀ⁾n	*wáljāiˀ	*wáljā⁽ˀ⁾ns
Genitive	*wáljā⁽ˀ⁾s	*wáljāu⁽ˀ⁾	*wáljōn
Locative	*wáljāiˀ	*wáljāu⁽ˀ⁾	*wáljā⁽ˀ⁾su
Dative	*wáljāi	*wáljā⁽ˀ⁾mā⁽ˀ⁾	*wáljā⁽ˀ⁾mas
Instrumental	*wáljāˀn	*wáljā⁽ˀ⁾māˀ	*wáljā⁽ˀ⁾mīˀs
Vocative	*wálja	*wáljāiˀ	*wáljās

Descendants

East Baltic:
- Latvian: vaļa
- Lithuanian: valià
Proto-Slavic: *voľà (see there for further descendants)

References

Derksen, Rick (2008), “*vòļa”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 525: “BSl. *wóleiʔ; *wolj-”
Derksen, Rick (2015), “valia”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 487: “BSl. *wóleiʔ; *wolj-”

[1] Derksen, Rick (2008), “*vòļa”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 525: “BSl. *wóleiʔ; *wolj-”

[2] Derksen, Rick (2015), “valia”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 487: “BSl. *wóleiʔ; *wolj-”