Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/wájas

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 *wóyh₁os, from Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁- (“to chase”).[1]

    Noun

    *wájas m[1]

    1. soldier

    Inflection

    Declension of *wájas (o-stem, fixed accent)
    singular dual plural
    nominative *wájas *wájōˀ *wájai(ˀ)
    accusative *wájan *wájōˀ *wájō(ˀ)ns
    genitive *wájā *wájāu(ˀ) *wájōn
    locative *wájai *wájāu(ˀ) *wájaišu
    dative *wájōi *wájamā(ˀ) *wájamas
    instrumental *wájōˀ *wájamāˀ *wájōis
    vocative *wáje *wájōˀ *wájai(ˀ)

    Descendants

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

    References

    1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Derksen, Rick (2008), “*vojь; *voinъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 524: “m. jo; m. o 'soldier'”
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