Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/wárnītjas

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 *warnás (“raven”) +‎ *-ītjas.

Noun

*wárnītjas m[1]

  1. young raven, little crow

Descendants

  • East Baltic:
    • ⇒ Old Lithuanian: várnaitis, varnýkštis
    • Lithuanian: varnýtis
  • Proto-Slavic: *vorniťь (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ^ BSW, page 343: “u̯arnīti̯a-”

Further reading

  • RES, vol. 8, page 256: “воронéц I”, “*vorni-tjь < б.-слав. *u̯arnī-ti̯a-”
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