Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/kā́ˀwāˀ

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 **kāˀwas (“sound of jackdaw”) +‎ *-āˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂w- (“to cry out, to call, to howl”).

Noun

*kā́ˀwāˀ f

jackdaw (Coloeus monedula)

Inflection

Declension of *kā́ˀwāˀ (ā-stem, fixed accent)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*kā́ˀwāˀ	*kā́ˀwāiˀ	*kā́ˀwās
Accusative	*kā́ˀwā⁽ˀ⁾n	*kā́ˀwāiˀ	*kā́ˀwā⁽ˀ⁾ns
Genitive	*kā́ˀwā⁽ˀ⁾s	*kā́ˀwāu⁽ˀ⁾	*kā́ˀwōn
Locative	*kā́ˀwāiˀ	*kā́ˀwāu⁽ˀ⁾	*kā́ˀwā⁽ˀ⁾su
Dative	*kā́ˀwāi	*kā́ˀwā⁽ˀ⁾mā⁽ˀ⁾	*kā́ˀwā⁽ˀ⁾mas
Instrumental	*kā́ˀwāˀn	*kā́ˀwā⁽ˀ⁾māˀ	*kā́ˀwā⁽ˀ⁾mīˀs
Vocative	*kā́ˀwa	*kā́ˀwāiˀ	*kā́ˀwās

Descendants

East Baltic:
- Lithuanian: kóva (dialectal)
- ⇒ Old Lithuanian: kóvas (“rook (Corvus frugilegus); March, February”)
  - Lithuanian: kóvas (“rook; March”)
Proto-Slavic: *kàva (see there for further descendants)