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Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/mā́ˀtē

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 *méh₂tēr.

Noun

*mā́ˀtē f [1][2][3]

  1. mother

Inflection

Fixed accent.

Declension of *mā́ˀtē (consonant stem)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative *mā́ˀtē *mā́ˀterīˀ *mā́ˀteres
Accusative *mā́ˀterin *mā́ˀterīˀ *mā́ˀterins
Genitive *mā́ˀteres *mā́ˀterauš? *mā́ˀterun
Locative *mā́ˀter(i)? *mā́ˀterauš? *mā́ˀterišu
Dative *mā́ˀterei *mā́ˀterimō *mā́ˀterimas
Instrumental *mā́ˀterēˀ? *mā́ˀterimō *mā́ˀterimiš
Vocative *mā́ˀtē? *mā́ˀterīˀ *mā́ˀteres

Descendants
  • Latgalian: muote
  • Latvian: māte
  • Lithuanian: mótė
  • Old Prussian: mūti
  • Slavic: *màti (see there for further descendants)

References
  1. Kim, Ronald (2018), “The Phonology of Balto-Slavic”, in Jared S. Klein, Brian Joseph, and Matthias Fritz, editors, Comparative Indo-European Linguistics: An International Handbook of Language Comparison and the Reconstruction of Indo-European‎, Berlin: de Gruyter
  2. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*màti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 303: “*máʔter-”
  3. Derksen, Rick (2008), “motė”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 323: “*máʔter-”
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