Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/skaujás

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

Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *skowy-ós (metathesized schwebeablaut of zero-grade), from *skwey- (“needle, prickle, thorn”). Doublet of *skwajás. Cognate with Proto-Albanian *skuja and its derivative *skuna, from which Albanian hu (“stake, pole; penis”), *skuntā, from which Albanian hundë (“nose”).

Noun

*skaujás m

  1. thorn, spike
  2. penis

Declension

Declension of *skaujás (o-stem, mobile accent)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative *skaujás *skáujōˀ *skaujái(ˀ)
Accusative *skáujan *skáujōˀ *skáujō(ˀ)ns
Genitive *skáujā *skaujā́u(ˀ) *skaujṓn
Locative *skáujai *skaujā́u(ˀ) *skaujáišu
Dative *skáujōi *skaujámā(ˀ) *skaujámas
Instrumental *skáujōˀ *skaujámāˀ *skaujṓis
Vocative *skáuje *skáujōˀ *skaujái(ˀ)
nouns

Descendants

  • Proto-Slavic: *xȗjь (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

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