Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/gawaras

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 *gowH-o-ro-s, from *g⁽ʷ⁾ew(H)- (“to call, name”).^[1] Cognate to Sanskrit जोगुवे (joguve) and Ancient Greek γόος (góos).

Noun

*gawaras m

prattle, grumble

Inflection

Declension of *gawaras (o-stem, mobile accent)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*gawarás	*gawarōˀ	*gawarái⁽ˀ⁾
accusative	*gawaran	*gawarōˀ	*gawarō⁽ˀ⁾ns
genitive	*gawarā	*gawarā́u⁽ˀ⁾	*gawarṓn
locative	*gawarai	*gawarā́u⁽ˀ⁾	*gawaráišu
dative	*gawarōi	*gawarámā⁽ˀ⁾	*gawarámas
instrumental	*gawarōˀ	*gawarámāˀ	*gawarṓis
vocative	*gaware	*gawarōˀ	*gawarái⁽ˀ⁾

Descendants

Latvian: gaura (“chatter”)
Proto-Slavic: *govorъ

Related terms

*gawarītei (“to prattle, to grumble”) (<*gowH-or-ye-ti)

References

^ Derksen, Rick (2008), “gȍvorъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 181-182.