Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/źámbas

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 *ǵómbʰos.

Noun

*źámbas m[1][2][3]

tooth
sharp or jagged edge

Inflection

Declension of *źámbas (o-stem, fixed accent)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*źámbas	*źámbōˀ	*źámbai⁽ˀ⁾
Accusative	*źámban	*źámbōˀ	*źámbō⁽ˀ⁾ns
Genitive	*źámbā	*źámbāu⁽ˀ⁾	*źámbōn
Locative	*źámbai	*źámbāu⁽ˀ⁾	*źámbaišu
Dative	*źámbōi	*źámbamā⁽ˀ⁾	*źámbamas
Instrumental	*źámbōˀ	*źámbamāˀ	*źámbōis
Vocative	*źámbe	*źámbōˀ	*źámbai⁽ˀ⁾

Descendants

East Baltic:
- Latvian: zòbs
- Lithuanian: žam̃bas
Proto-Slavic: *zǫ̑bъ (see there for further descendants)
→ Proto-Finnic: *hambas (earlier *šampas)

References

Derksen, Rick (2008), “*zǫ̑bъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 549: “*źombos”
Derksen, Rick (2015), “žambas”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 512: “*źombos”
Jasanoff, Jay (2017) The Prehistory of the Balto-Slavic Accent (Brill's Studies in Indo-European Languages & Linguistics; 17), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 162: “*źa̍mbas”

[1] Derksen, Rick (2008), “*zǫ̑bъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 549: “*źombos”

[2] Derksen, Rick (2015), “žambas”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 512: “*źombos”

[3] Jasanoff, Jay (2017) The Prehistory of the Balto-Slavic Accent (Brill's Studies in Indo-European Languages & Linguistics; 17), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 162: “*źa̍mbas”