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Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/teterwás

This Proto-Balto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed words 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 *tetr̥-wó-s, from *teter- (hen-like bird) + *-wós.

Cognate with Proto-Iranian *tatr̥wáh, Sanskrit तित्तिर (tittirá), Ancient Greek τέτραξ (tétrax, type of bird), τετράων (tetráōn, grouse), Latin turtur, Proto-Celtic *teteros (whence Middle Irish tethra), Proto-Germanic *þeduraz (wood grouse, capercaillie) (whence Old Norse þiðurr).

Noun

*teterwás m

  1. grouse

Inflection

Mobile accent.

Descendants

  • Lithuanian: tetervà,
  • Old Prussian: tatarwis
  • Slavic: *tetervь (see there for further descendants)
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