Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/mā́ˀtē

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 *méh₂tēr.

Noun

*mā́ˀtē f^[1]^[2]^[3]

mother

Inflection

Declension of *mā́ˀtē (r-stem, fixed accent)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*mā́ˀtē	*mā́ˀtere	*mā́ˀteres
accusative	*mā́ˀterin	*mā́ˀtere	*mā́ˀterins
genitive	*mā́ˀteres	*mā́ˀterau⁽ˀ⁾	*mā́ˀteran
locative	*mā́ˀteri	*mā́ˀterau⁽ˀ⁾	*mā́ˀtersu
dative	*mā́ˀterei	*mā́ˀterimāˀ	*mā́ˀtermas
instrumental	*mā́ˀtermi	*mā́ˀterimāˀ	*mā́ˀtermīˀs
vocative	*mā́ˀte	*mā́ˀtere	*mā́ˀteres

In mobile paradigms, forms without an accent marker are enclinomena, which do not have inherent lexical accent.

Descendants

East Baltic:
- Latgalian: muote
- Latvian: mãte, māt (Kursenieki)
- Lithuanian: mótė, motė̃ (Eastern Dzuk and West Aukštaitian dialects)^[4]
  - ⇒ móteris
  - ⇒ mótina
- ⇒ Samogitian: muotīna
West Baltic:
- Old Prussian: mūti
Proto-Slavic: *màti (see there for further descendants)

References

^ Kim, Ronald (2018), “The Phonology of Balto-Slavic”, in Jared S. Klein, Brian Joseph, Matthias Fritz, editors, Handbook of Comparative Indo-European Linguistics: An International Handbook‎^[1], Berlin: de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 1978: “*mā́tē”
^ 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-”
^ Derksen, Rick (2015), “motė”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 323: “*máʔter-”
^ Illich-Svitych, Vladislav M. (1963), Именная акцентуация в балтийском и славянском: Судьба акцентуационных парадигм [Nominal Accentuation in Baltic and Slavic: The Fate of Accentuation Paradigms]‎^[2] (in Russian), Soviet Union; Moscow: Publishing house of the USSR Academy of Sciences, pages 76-77: “*mā́tē”

[1] Kim, Ronald (2018), “The Phonology of Balto-Slavic”, in Jared S. Klein, Brian Joseph, Matthias Fritz, editors, Handbook of Comparative Indo-European Linguistics: An International Handbook‎^[1], Berlin: de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 1978: “*mā́tē”

[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 (2015), “motė”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 323: “*máʔter-”

[4] Illich-Svitych, Vladislav M. (1963), Именная акцентуация в балтийском и славянском: Судьба акцентуационных парадигм [Nominal Accentuation in Baltic and Slavic: The Fate of Accentuation Paradigms]‎^[2] (in Russian), Soviet Union; Moscow: Publishing house of the USSR Academy of Sciences, pages 76-77: “*mā́tē”

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