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Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/teterwás
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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 *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).
Inflection
| Declension of *teterwás (o-stem, mobile accent) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | ||
| Nominative | *teterwás | *téterwōˀ | *teterwái(ˀ) | |
| Accusative | *téterwan | *téterwōˀ | *téterwō(ˀ)ns | |
| Genitive | *téterwā | *teterwā́u(ˀ) | *teterwṓn | |
| Locative | *téterwai | *teterwā́u(ˀ) | *teterwáišu | |
| Dative | *téterwōi | *teterwámā(ˀ) | *teterwámas | |
| Instrumental | *téterwōˀ | *teterwámāˀ | *teterwṓis | |
| Vocative | *téterwe | *téterwōˀ | *teterwái(ˀ) | |
Descendants
- East Baltic:
- Lithuanian: tetervà
- West Baltic:
- Old Prussian: tatarwis
- Proto-Slavic: *tetervь (see there for further descendants)
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