Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/daugjas

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

An adjectival formation, probably from a conflation of the o-grade *dʰowgʰ- of Proto-Indo-European *dʰewgʰ- (“to produce”) with another root of unclear origin.[1][2]

Adjective

*daugjas[1][2]

  1. much, many
  2. strong

Declension

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

  • East Baltic:
    • Latgalian: daudz
    • Latvian: daũdz
    • Lithuanian: daũg
    • Samogitian: daug
  • Proto-Slavic: *dužь (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Derksen, Rick (2015) “daug”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 117
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Derksen, Rick (2008) “*dužь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 127
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