Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/duwō

This Proto-Balto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed words 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 *dwóh₁. Compare Proto-Albanian *duwō.

Numeral

*duwō [1][2]

two

Inflection

This numeral needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

East Baltic:
- Latgalian: div, diveji
- Latvian: divi
- Lithuanian: dù, dvì
West Baltic:
- Old Prussian: dwai
- Sudovian: duo
Slavic: *dъva (see there for further descendants)

References

Derksen, Rick (2008), “*d(ъ)va”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 130: “*duoʔ; *duoiʔ”
Derksen, Rick (2015), “du”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 143: “*duoʔ”

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[1] Derksen, Rick (2008), “*d(ъ)va”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 130: “*duoʔ; *duoiʔ”

[2] Derksen, Rick (2015), “du”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 143: “*duoʔ”