Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/galˀwā́ˀ

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 pre-Balto-Slavic *golHwáH, from Proto-Indo-European *golHwéh₂, from Proto-Indo-European *gelH-.

Noun

*galˀwā́ˀ f[1][2][3][4]

head

Inflection

Declension of *galˀwā́ˀ (ā-stem, mobile accent)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*galˀwā́ˀ	*gálˀwāiˀ	*gálˀwās
Accusative	*gálˀwā⁽ˀ⁾n	*gálˀwāiˀ	*gálˀwā⁽ˀ⁾ns
Genitive	*galˀwā́⁽ˀ⁾s	*galˀwā́u⁽ˀ⁾	*galˀwṓn
Locative	*galˀwā́iˀ	*galˀwā́u⁽ˀ⁾	*galˀwā́⁽ˀ⁾su
Dative	*gálˀwāi	*galˀwā́⁽ˀ⁾mā⁽ˀ⁾	*galˀwā́⁽ˀ⁾mas
Instrumental	*gálˀwāˀn	*galˀwā́⁽ˀ⁾māˀ	*galˀwā́⁽ˀ⁾mīˀs
Vocative	*gálˀwa	*gálˀwāiˀ	*gálˀwās

Descendants

East Baltic:
- Latgalian: golva
- Latvian: gal̂va
- Lithuanian: galvà
West Baltic:
- Old Prussian: gallū, galwo
- Sudovian: kałfa
Proto-Slavic: *golvà (see there for further descendants)

References

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
Balto-Slavic Mobility as an Indo-European Problem, J. Jasanoff
Derksen, Rick (2008) “*golvà”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 176: “*golʔwáʔ”
Derksen, Rick (2015) “galva”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 162: “*golʔwáʔ”

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[1] 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

[2] Balto-Slavic Mobility as an Indo-European Problem, J. Jasanoff

[3] Derksen, Rick (2008) “*golvà”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 176: “*golʔwáʔ”

[4] Derksen, Rick (2015) “galva”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 162: “*golʔwáʔ”