Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/arˀtāˀjas

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 Proto-Indo-European *h₂erh₃- (“to plow”).

Noun

*arˀtāˀjas m^[1]^[2]

ploughman

Inflection

Declension of *arˀtāˀjas (o-stem, unknown accent)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*arˀtāˀjas	*arˀtāˀjōˀ	*arˀtāˀjai⁽ˀ⁾
accusative	*arˀtāˀjan	*arˀtāˀjōˀ	*arˀtāˀjō⁽ˀ⁾ns
genitive	*arˀtāˀjā	*arˀtāˀjāu⁽ˀ⁾	*arˀtāˀjōn
locative	*arˀtāˀjai	*arˀtāˀjāu⁽ˀ⁾	*arˀtāˀjaišu
dative	*arˀtāˀjōi	*arˀtāˀjamā⁽ˀ⁾	*arˀtāˀjamas
instrumental	*arˀtāˀjōˀ	*arˀtāˀjamāˀ	*arˀtāˀjōis
vocative	*arˀtāˀje	*arˀtāˀjōˀ	*arˀtāˀjai⁽ˀ⁾

Descendants

East Baltic:
- Latgalian: oruojs
- Latvian: arãjs, arẽjs
- Lithuanian: artójas
West Baltic:
- Old Prussian: artoys
Proto-Slavic: *òrtajь (see there for further descendants)

References

^ Derksen, Rick (2008), “*òrtajь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 376: “*arʔtaʔjos”
^ Derksen, Rick (2015), “artojas”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 62: “*arʔtaʔjos”

[1] Derksen, Rick (2008), “*òrtajь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 376: “*arʔtaʔjos”

[2] Derksen, Rick (2015), “artojas”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 62: “*arʔtaʔjos”

[1]

[2]