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Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/źjáuˀnāˀ

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 *ǵyéwh₁-neh₂, from *ǵyewh₁- (“to chew”).

Noun

*źjáuˀnāˀ f[1][2]

  1. jaw

Inflection
Declension of *źjáuˀnāˀ (ā-stem, fixed accent)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative *źjáuˀnāˀ *źjáuˀnāiˀ *źjáuˀnās
Accusative *źjáuˀnā(ˀ)n *źjáuˀnāiˀ *źjáuˀnā(ˀ)ns
Genitive *źjáuˀnā(ˀ)s *źjáuˀnāu(ˀ) *źjáuˀnōn
Locative *źjáuˀnāiˀ *źjáuˀnāu(ˀ) *źjáuˀnā(ˀ)su
Dative *źjáuˀnāi *źjáuˀnā(ˀ)mā(ˀ) *źjáuˀnā(ˀ)mas
Instrumental *źjáuˀnāˀn *źjáuˀnā(ˀ)māˀ *źjáuˀnā(ˀ)mīˀs
Vocative *źjáuˀna *źjáuˀnāiˀ *źjáuˀnās

Descendants
  • East Baltic:
    • Latvian: žaũnas
    • Lithuanian: žiáuna
  • Proto-Slavic: *žùna (“buccal cavity, lips”) (see there for further descendants)

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008) “*žùna”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 564: “BSl. *źjóuʔnaʔ”
  2. Derksen, Rick (2015) “žiauna”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 517: “BSl. *źjóuʔnaʔ”
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