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Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/jḗˀgāˀ

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

Related to *jḗˀgtei (to be able) + *-āˀ, probably akin to Ancient Greek ἥβη (hḗbē, youth, vigour) (from Proto-Indo-European *yegʷ- / *Hyeh₂gʷ-?). Per Nikolaev (cited by Villanueva Svensson), possibly an example of Narten acrostatic noun[1].

Within Slavic, comparison has been drawn to Russian я́глый (jáglyj, vigorous, energetic) (of disputed origin).

Noun

*jḗˀgāˀ f[2]

  1. capacity, power

Declension

Declension of *jḗˀgāˀ (ā-stem, fixed accent)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative *jḗˀgāˀ *jḗˀgāiˀ *jḗˀgās
Accusative *jḗˀgā(ˀ)n *jḗˀgāiˀ *jḗˀgā(ˀ)ns
Genitive *jḗˀgā(ˀ)s *jḗˀgāu(ˀ) *jḗˀgōn
Locative *jḗˀgāiˀ *jḗˀgāu(ˀ) *jḗˀgā(ˀ)su
Dative *jḗˀgāi *jḗˀgā(ˀ)(ˀ) *jḗˀgā(ˀ)mas
Instrumental *jḗˀgāˀn *jḗˀgā(ˀ)māˀ *jḗˀgā(ˀ)mīˀs
Vocative *jḗˀga *jḗˀgāiˀ *jḗˀgās

Descendants

  • East Baltic:
    • Latgalian: jāgs
    • Latvian: jēga (sense, meaning)
    • Lithuanian: jėgà (strength) (stress pattern 2 or 4)

References

  1. Villanueva Svensson, Miguel (2011), “Indo-European long vowels in Balto-Slavic”, in Baltistica XLVI, pages 16: “Proto-Baltic immobile noun with acute intonation”
  2. Derksen, Rick (2015), “jėga”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 210

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