Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/-ītjas

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

Proto-Balto-Slavic innovation. From *-īt- +‎ *-jás^[1]

Suffix

*-ītjas m

Denominal, forming masculine diminutives from masculine nouns.
‎*wilkás (“wolf”) + ‎*-ītjas → ‎*wilkītjas (“little wolf”)

‎*angurjás (“eel”) + ‎*-ītjas → ‎*angurītjas (“little eel”)

‎*put- + ‎*-ītjas → ‎*putītjas (“little bird”)

‎*wárˀnāˀ (“crow”) + ‎*-ītjas → ‎*wárˀnītjas (“little crow”)

‎*źansís (“goose”) + ‎*-ītjas → ‎*źansītjas (“little goose”)

Declension

Declension of *-ītjas (o-stem, unknown accent)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*-ītjas	*-ītjōˀ	*-ītjai⁽ˀ⁾
Accusative	*-ītjan	*-ītjōˀ	*-ītjō⁽ˀ⁾ns
Genitive	*-ītjā	*-ītjāu⁽ˀ⁾	*-ītjōn
Locative	*-ītjai	*-ītjāu⁽ˀ⁾	*-ītjaišu
Dative	*-ītjōi	*-ītjamā⁽ˀ⁾	*-ītjamas
Instrumental	*-ītjōˀ	*-ītjamāˀ	*-ītjōis
Vocative	*-ītje	*-ītjōˀ	*-ītjai⁽ˀ⁾

Derived terms

Proto-Balto-Slavic terms suffixed with *-ītjas

Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/wilkītjas

Descendants

East Baltic:
- Latvian: -ītis
- Old Lithuanian: -ýtis
  - Lithuanian: -ýtis
Proto-Slavic: *-iťь (see there for further descendants)

References

^ SP, vol. 2, page 55‒60: “Suf. -iťь”

[SP-1] SP, vol. 2, page 55‒60: “Suf. -iťь”

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