Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/-was

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 *-wós.

Suffix

*-was m

1. Used to form adjectives

   *gīˀwás

Descendants

• East Baltic:
  • Latvian: -vs
  • Lithuanian: -vas
• West Baltic:
  • Old Prussian: -was
• Proto-Slavic: *-vъ