Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/dílˀgas

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 *dl̥h₁gʰós,[1][2] with accent retraction due to Hirt's law.

Adjective

*dílˀgas[1][2]

  1. long

Inflection

Fixed accent.

Descendants

  • East Baltic:
    • Latgalian: ilgs
    • Latvian: il̃gs
    • Lithuanian: i̇̀lgas
  • West Baltic:
    • ⇒ Old Prussian: ilgi
  • Proto-Slavic: *dь̀lgъ (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Derksen, Rick (2008) “*dь̀lgъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 133: “*dílʔgos”
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Derksen, Rick (2015) “ilgas”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 199: “*dílʔgos”
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