Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/inźūˀ

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 earlier *dinźūˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s (specifically the oblique stem *dn̥ǵʰuh₂-).

    Noun

    *inźūˀ m[1][2]

    1. tongue

    Descendants

    • East Baltic:
    • West Baltic:
    • ⇒ Proto-Slavic: *ęzỳkъ (see there for further descendants)

    References

    1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “liežuvis”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 285
    2. ^ Smoczyński, Wojciech (2025) “liežùvis”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka litewskiego (in Polish), 2nd edition, Kraków, page 974

    Further reading

    • Trautmann, Reinhold (1923) Baltisch-slavisches Wörterbuch (Göttinger Sammlung indogermanischer Grammatiken und Wörterbücher; 4)‎[1] (in German), Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, page 104
    • “liežuvis”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012
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