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Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/tewas

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

Of unclear, possibly imitative, origin;[1] compare Proto-Indo-European *tata- (“dad”).

Noun

*tewas

  1. father
  2. uncle

Descendants
  • East Baltic:
    • Latgalian: tāvs
    • Latvian: tēvs
    • Lithuanian: tėvas
    • Samogitian: tievs
  • West Baltic:
    • Curonian: thæwæs
    • Old Prussian: tāws
    • Sudovian: tews
    • (please verify) Skalvian: tiewe

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2015) Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 464
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