Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/srḗˀnas
Proto-Balto-Slavic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *srḗn-s, from *sren- (“side”). Cognate with Proto-Iranian *rā́nah (“side; hip”), and possibly Latin frōns (“forehead”), Proto-West Germanic *stirniju (“forehead”).
Noun
*srḗˀnas m[1]
Inflection
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *srḗˀnas | *srḗˀnōˀ | *srḗˀnai(ˀ) |
| accusative | *srḗˀnan | *srḗˀnōˀ | *srḗˀnō(ˀ)ns |
| genitive | *srḗˀnā | *srḗˀnāu(ˀ) | *srḗˀnōn |
| locative | *srḗˀnai | *srḗˀnāu(ˀ) | *srḗˀnaišu |
| dative | *srḗˀnōi | *srḗˀnamā(ˀ) | *srḗˀnamas |
| instrumental | *srḗˀnōˀ | *srḗˀnamāˀ | *srḗˀnōis |
| vocative | *srḗˀne | *srḗˀnōˀ | *srḗˀnai(ˀ) |
Descendants
- East Baltic:
- Latvian: striena
- Lithuanian: strė́nos f pl, (dialectal) srėnos
- West Baltic:
- Old Prussian: straunay
References
- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “rēnēs, -ium”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 519