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)