Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/skwajás

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

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Noun

*skwajás m[1][2][3]

  1. needles or branches of a coniferous tree
nouns

Descendants

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

From *skujás:

  • East Baltic:
    • Latvian: skujas
    • Lithuanian: skùjas, skùjis, skujỹs
    • Samogitian: skojs, skojis, skojīs

References

  1. ^ EDBIL, page 410: “skuja”, “BSl. *skujaʔ”, “*skwojaʔ”, “PIE *skui-eh₂-”
  2. ^ EDSIL, page 206: “*xvoja”, “*xvojь”, “BSl. *sku(o)jaʔ”
  3. ^ BSW, page 268: “skui̯ā-”, “kṣu̯ai̯ā-”

Further reading

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