< Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic
Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/ślaunis
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Proto-Balto-Slavic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *ḱlównis.
Noun
*ślaunis f[1]
- buttocks
Inflection
| Declension of *ślaunis (i-stem, unknown accent) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | ||
| Nominative | *ślaunis | *ślaunīˀ | *ślaunejes | |
| Accusative | *ślaunin | *ślaunīˀ | *ślaunī(ˀ)ns | |
| Genitive | *ślauneis | *ślaunejau | *ślaunejōn | |
| Locative | *ślaunēiˀ | *ślaunejau | *ślaunišu | |
| Dative | *ślaunei | *ślaunimā(ˀ) | *ślaunimas | |
| Instrumental | *ślaunīˀ (early forms) | *ślaunimāˀ | *ślaunimīˀs | |
| Vocative | *ślaunei | *ślaunīˀ | *ślaunejes | |
Descendants
- East Baltic:
- Latvian: slaũna, slaûne, slauns
- Lithuanian: šlaunìs, šlaunė̃
- West Baltic:
- Old Prussian: slaunis
References
- Derksen, Rick (2015), “šlaunis”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 452