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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 Proto-Indo-European *ǵemH- (“to form a relationship; to marry”), or else from Proto-Indo-European *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, page 543: “BSl. *źénʔtis; *źénʔtos”
  2. Kim, Ronald (2018), “The Phonology of Balto-Slavic”, in Jared S. Klein, Brian Joseph, and Matthias Fritz, editors, Comparative Indo-European Linguistics: An International Handbook of Language Comparison and the Reconstruction of Indo-European‎, Berlin: de Gruyter
  3. Balto-Slavic Mobility as an Indo-European Problem, J. Jasanoff
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