Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/teterwás

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 *tetr̥-wó-s, from *teter- (“hen-like bird”) +‎ *-wós. Cognate with Proto-Iranian *tatr̥wáh, Sanskrit तित्तिर (tittirá), Ancient Greek τέτραξ (tétrax, “type of bird”), τετράων (tetráōn, “grouse”), Latin turtur, Proto-Celtic *teteros (whence Middle Irish tethra), Proto-Germanic *þeduraz (“wood grouse, capercaillie”) (whence Old Norse þiðurr).

    Noun

    *teterwás m

    1. grouse

    Inflection

    Declension of *teterwás (o-stem, mobile accent)
    singular dual plural
    nominative *teterwás *téterwōˀ *teterwái(ˀ)
    accusative *téterwan *téterwōˀ *téterwō(ˀ)ns
    genitive *téterwā *teterwā́u(ˀ) *teterwṓn
    locative *téterwai *teterwā́u(ˀ) *teterwáišu
    dative *téterwōi *teterwámā(ˀ) *teterwámas
    instrumental *téterwōˀ *teterwámāˀ *teterwṓis
    vocative *téterwe *téterwōˀ *teterwái(ˀ)

    Descendants

    • East Baltic:
      • Lithuanian: tetervà
    • West Baltic:
    • Proto-Slavic: *tetervь (see there for further descendants)
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