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Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/úngnis
Proto-Balto-Slavic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥gʷnís m (“fire”).
Noun
*úngnis m[1][2]
- fire
Inflection
Declension of *úngnis (i-stem, fixed accent) | ||||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | ||
Nominative | *úngnis | *úngnīˀ | *úngnejes | |
Accusative | *úngnin | *úngnīˀ | *úngnī(ˀ)ns | |
Genitive | *úngneis | *úngnejau | *úngnejōn | |
Locative | *úngnēiˀ | *úngnejau | *úngnišu | |
Dative | *úngnei | *úngnimā(ˀ) | *úngnimas | |
Instrumental | *úngnīˀ (early forms) | *úngnimāˀ | *úngnimīˀs | |
Vocative | *úngnei | *úngnīˀ | *úngnejes |
Descendants
- East Baltic:
- Latgalian: guņs f
- Latvian: ugùns f
- Lithuanian: ugnìs f, ùgnis m (dialectal)
- West Baltic:
- Old Prussian: ugnis f
- Proto-Slavic: *ògňь m (see there for further descendants)
References
- Derksen, Rick (2008), “*ògņь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 364: “*ungnis”
- Derksen, Rick (2015), “ugnis”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 478: “*ungnis”