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Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/źénˀtas

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 *ǵemH-t-os (“son-in-law”), from *ǵemH- (“to form a relationship; to marry”), or else from *ǵénh₁-to-s (“relative”), from *ǵenh₁- (“to give birth”).

Noun

*źénˀtas m[1][2][3]

  1. son-in-law, relative

Inflection
Declension of *źénˀtas (o-stem, fixed accent)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative *źénˀtas *źénˀtōˀ *źénˀtai(ˀ)
Accusative *źénˀtan *źénˀtōˀ *źénˀtō(ˀ)ns
Genitive *źénˀtā *źénˀtāu(ˀ) *źénˀtōn
Locative *źénˀtai *źénˀtāu(ˀ) *źénˀtaišu
Dative *źénˀtōi *źénˀtamā(ˀ) *źénˀtamas
Instrumental *źénˀtōˀ *źénˀtamāˀ *źénˀtōis
Vocative *źénˀte *źénˀtōˀ *źénˀtai(ˀ)
  • *źíntis

Descendants
  • Lithuanian: žéntas
  • Proto-Slavic: *zętь

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008) “*zę̀tь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 543: “BSl. *źénʔtis; *źénʔtos”
  2. Kim, Ronald (2018) “The Phonology of Balto-Slavic”, in Jared S. Klein, Brian Joseph, and Matthias Fritz, editors, Handbook of Comparative Indo-European Linguistics: An International Handbook‎, Berlin: de Gruyter, →ISBN
  3. Jasanoff, J. (2011) “Balto-Slavic mobility as an Indo-European problem”, in R. Sukač, editor, From Present to Past and Back: Papers on Baltic and Slavic Accentology (Potsdam Linguistic Investigations; 7), Frankfurt: Peter Lang, →ISBN, pages 52–74
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