Cognate Set 3292 – Meaning: egg
- IE-CoR reference form:
- *put-
- IE-CoR reference language:
- Proto-Balto-Slavic
- Ideophonic:
- no
- Parallel derivation:
- no
- Justification:
- Cf. Old Lithuanian paũta 'egg, testicle', considered a vr̥ddhi-derivative to the Proto-Balto-Slavic word for 'bird' *put- (cf. 'bird' in cognate set 1109), but further etymology uncertain (ALEW 745-746).
- Found in clades:
- Baltic
- Revised by:
- Matthew Scarborough
Found in 1 clade by 1 lexeme.
|
Language |
Lexeme |
Native script |
Phonetic |
Phonemic |
Notes |
| 77 |
Old Prussian
|
paute |
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related to many terms for 'child, son', e.g. cognate set 1462 |
- References
- Hock, Wolfgang and Fecht, Rainer and Feulner, Anna Helene and Hill, Eugen and Wodtko, Dagmar S.: 745-746
S.v. OLith. paũtas 'Ei; Hoden' (BSl. cf. Latv. pàuts 'Ei; Testikel', OPr. paute 'Eier'); the Proto-Balto-Slavic word for 'egg' is a a vr̥ddhi derivative to the Proto-Balto-Slavic word for 'bird', which is found in Baltic through the derivatives pùtė 'Huhn', putýtis 'Küken', Latv. putns 'Vogel'. Further are compounds like Lith. pùt-pela, Latv. putpele 'Wachtel'. In Slavic the diminutives OCS pъtica, SCr. ptȉca, Ru. ptíca 'Vogel' and SCr. pȁtka 'Ente'. The Proto-Balto-Slavic word for 'bird' has no plausible connections outside of Balto-Slavic.
