"teterwás" meaning in Proto-Balto-Slavic

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Noun

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). Etymology templates: {{etymon|ine-bsl-pro|af|ine-pro>*teter->hen-like bird|ine-pro>*-wós>adjectival suffix|id=grouse}}, {{inh|ine-bsl-pro|ine-pro||*tetr̥-wó-s}} Proto-Indo-European *tetr̥-wó-s, {{suf|ine-pro|*teter-|*wós|nocat=1|t1=hen-like bird}} *teter- (“hen-like bird”) + *-wós, {{cog|ira-pro|*tatr̥wáh}} Proto-Iranian *tatr̥wáh, {{cog|sa|तित्तिर|tr=tittirá}} Sanskrit तित्तिर (tittirá), {{cog|grc|τέτραξ|t=type of bird}} Ancient Greek τέτραξ (tétrax, “type of bird”), {{cog|la|turtur}} Latin turtur, {{cog|cel-pro|*teteros}} Proto-Celtic *teteros, {{cog|mga|tethra}} Middle Irish tethra, {{cog|gem-pro|*þeduraz|t=wood grouse, capercaillie}} Proto-Germanic *þeduraz (“wood grouse, capercaillie”), {{cog|non|þiðurr}} Old Norse þiðurr Head templates: {{head|ine-bsl-pro|noun|cat2=|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} *teterwás m Inflection templates: {{ine-bsl-decl-noun-o-m-mobile|teterw|téterw}}, {{ine-bsl-decl-noun-table|*teterwás|*téterwan|*téterwā|*téterwai|*téterwōi|*téterwōˀ|*téterwe|􂁧téterwōˀ|􂁧téterwōˀ|􂁧teterwā́u⁽ˀ⁾|􂁧teterwā́u⁽ˀ⁾|􂁧teterwámā⁽ˀ⁾|􂁧teterwámāˀ|􂁧téterwōˀ|􂁧teterwái⁽ˀ⁾|􂁧téterwō⁽ˀ⁾ns|􂁧teterwṓn|􂁧teterwáišu|􂁧teterwámas|􂁧teterwṓis|􂁧teterwái⁽ˀ⁾|title=Declension of *teterwás (o-stem, mobile accent)}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], teterwás [nominative, singular], téterwōˀ [dual, nominative], teterwái⁽ˀ [nominative, plural], téterwan [accusative, singular], téterwōˀ [accusative, dual], téterwō⁽ˀ⁾ns [accusative, plural], téterwā [genitive, singular], teterwā́u⁽ˀ [dual, genitive], teterwṓn [genitive, plural], téterwai [locative, singular], teterwā́u⁽ˀ [dual, locative], teterwáišu [locative, plural], téterwōi [dative, singular], teterwámā⁽ˀ [dative, dual], teterwámas [dative, plural], téterwōˀ [instrumental, singular], teterwámāˀ [dual, instrumental], teterwṓis [instrumental, plural], téterwe [singular, vocative], téterwōˀ [dual, vocative], teterwái⁽ˀ [plural, vocative]
  1. grouse Tags: masculine, reconstruction
{
  "descendants": [
    {
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        {
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "lang_code": "lt",
          "word": "tetervà"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "East Baltic",
      "lang_code": "unknown"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Old Prussian",
          "lang_code": "prg",
          "word": "tatarwis"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "West Baltic",
      "lang_code": "unknown"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Proto-Slavic",
      "lang_code": "sla-pro",
      "word": "*tetervь"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "af",
        "3": "ine-pro>*teter->hen-like bird",
        "4": "ine-pro>*-wós>adjectival suffix",
        "id": "grouse"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "etymon"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "",
        "4": "*tetr̥-wó-s"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *tetr̥-wó-s",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "*teter-",
        "3": "*wós",
        "nocat": "1",
        "t1": "hen-like bird"
      },
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      "name": "suf"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ira-pro",
        "2": "*tatr̥wáh"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Iranian *tatr̥wáh",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "तित्तिर",
        "tr": "tittirá"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit तित्तिर (tittirá)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "τέτραξ",
        "t": "type of bird"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek τέτραξ (tétrax, “type of bird”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "turtur"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin turtur",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cel-pro",
        "2": "*teteros"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *teteros",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mga",
        "2": "tethra"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Irish tethra",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gem-pro",
        "2": "*þeduraz",
        "t": "wood grouse, capercaillie"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *þeduraz (“wood grouse, capercaillie”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "þiðurr"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse þiðurr",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Indo-European *tetr̥-wó-s, from *teter- (“hen-like bird”) + *-wós.\nCognate 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).",
  "forms": [
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ine-bsl-decl-noun-o-m-mobile",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "o-stem",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "teterwás",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "téterwōˀ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "teterwái⁽ˀ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "téterwan",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "téterwōˀ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "téterwō⁽ˀ⁾ns",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "téterwā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "teterwā́u⁽ˀ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "teterwṓn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "téterwai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "teterwā́u⁽ˀ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "locative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "teterwáišu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "téterwōi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "teterwámā⁽ˀ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "teterwámas",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "téterwōˀ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "teterwámāˀ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "instrumental"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "teterwṓis",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "téterwe",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "téterwōˀ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "teterwái⁽ˀ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-bsl-pro",
        "2": "noun",
        "cat2": "",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "*teterwás m",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "teterw",
        "2": "téterw"
      },
      "name": "ine-bsl-decl-noun-o-m-mobile"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*teterwás",
        "10": "􂁧teterwā́u⁽ˀ⁾",
        "11": "􂁧teterwā́u⁽ˀ⁾",
        "12": "􂁧teterwámā⁽ˀ⁾",
        "13": "􂁧teterwámāˀ",
        "14": "􂁧téterwōˀ",
        "15": "􂁧teterwái⁽ˀ⁾",
        "16": "􂁧téterwō⁽ˀ⁾ns",
        "17": "􂁧teterwṓn",
        "18": "􂁧teterwáišu",
        "19": "􂁧teterwámas",
        "2": "*téterwan",
        "20": "􂁧teterwṓis",
        "21": "􂁧teterwái⁽ˀ⁾",
        "3": "*téterwā",
        "4": "*téterwai",
        "5": "*téterwōi",
        "6": "*téterwōˀ",
        "7": "*téterwe",
        "8": "􂁧téterwōˀ",
        "9": "􂁧téterwōˀ",
        "title": "Declension of *teterwás (o-stem, mobile accent)"
      },
      "name": "ine-bsl-decl-noun-table"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-Balto-Slavic",
  "lang_code": "ine-bsl-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/teterwás",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-Balto-Slavic entries referencing etymons with invalid IDs",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-Balto-Slavic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-Balto-Slavic nominals with mobile accent",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-Balto-Slavic terms suffixed with *-wós",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "grouse"
      ],
      "id": "en-teterwás-ine-bsl-pro-noun-inC-EoWf",
      "links": [
        [
          "grouse",
          "grouse"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "teterwás"
}
{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "lang_code": "lt",
          "word": "tetervà"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "East Baltic",
      "lang_code": "unknown"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Old Prussian",
          "lang_code": "prg",
          "word": "tatarwis"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "West Baltic",
      "lang_code": "unknown"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Proto-Slavic",
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      "word": "*tetervь"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "af",
        "3": "ine-pro>*teter->hen-like bird",
        "4": "ine-pro>*-wós>adjectival suffix",
        "id": "grouse"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "etymon"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-bsl-pro",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "",
        "4": "*tetr̥-wó-s"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
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      },
      "expansion": "*teter- (“hen-like bird”) + *-wós",
      "name": "suf"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ira-pro",
        "2": "*tatr̥wáh"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Iranian *tatr̥wáh",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "तित्तिर",
        "tr": "tittirá"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit तित्तिर (tittirá)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "τέτραξ",
        "t": "type of bird"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek τέτραξ (tétrax, “type of bird”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "turtur"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin turtur",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cel-pro",
        "2": "*teteros"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *teteros",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mga",
        "2": "tethra"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Irish tethra",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gem-pro",
        "2": "*þeduraz",
        "t": "wood grouse, capercaillie"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *þeduraz (“wood grouse, capercaillie”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "þiðurr"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse þiðurr",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Indo-European *tetr̥-wó-s, from *teter- (“hen-like bird”) + *-wós.\nCognate 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).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ine-bsl-decl-noun-o-m-mobile",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "o-stem",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "teterwás",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "téterwōˀ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "teterwái⁽ˀ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "téterwan",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "téterwōˀ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "téterwō⁽ˀ⁾ns",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "téterwā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "teterwā́u⁽ˀ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "teterwṓn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "téterwai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "teterwā́u⁽ˀ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "locative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "teterwáišu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "téterwōi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "teterwámā⁽ˀ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "teterwámas",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "téterwōˀ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "teterwámāˀ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "instrumental"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "teterwṓis",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "téterwe",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "téterwōˀ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "teterwái⁽ˀ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-bsl-pro",
        "2": "noun",
        "cat2": "",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "*teterwás m",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "teterw",
        "2": "téterw"
      },
      "name": "ine-bsl-decl-noun-o-m-mobile"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*teterwás",
        "10": "􂁧teterwā́u⁽ˀ⁾",
        "11": "􂁧teterwā́u⁽ˀ⁾",
        "12": "􂁧teterwámā⁽ˀ⁾",
        "13": "􂁧teterwámāˀ",
        "14": "􂁧téterwōˀ",
        "15": "􂁧teterwái⁽ˀ⁾",
        "16": "􂁧téterwō⁽ˀ⁾ns",
        "17": "􂁧teterwṓn",
        "18": "􂁧teterwáišu",
        "19": "􂁧teterwámas",
        "2": "*téterwan",
        "20": "􂁧teterwṓis",
        "21": "􂁧teterwái⁽ˀ⁾",
        "3": "*téterwā",
        "4": "*téterwai",
        "5": "*téterwōi",
        "6": "*téterwōˀ",
        "7": "*téterwe",
        "8": "􂁧téterwōˀ",
        "9": "􂁧téterwōˀ",
        "title": "Declension of *teterwás (o-stem, mobile accent)"
      },
      "name": "ine-bsl-decl-noun-table"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-Balto-Slavic",
  "lang_code": "ine-bsl-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/teterwás",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Proto-Balto-Slavic entries referencing etymons with invalid IDs",
        "Proto-Balto-Slavic entries with incorrect language header",
        "Proto-Balto-Slavic lemmas",
        "Proto-Balto-Slavic masculine nouns",
        "Proto-Balto-Slavic nominals with mobile accent",
        "Proto-Balto-Slavic nouns",
        "Proto-Balto-Slavic o-stem nouns",
        "Proto-Balto-Slavic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Proto-Balto-Slavic terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Proto-Balto-Slavic terms suffixed with *-wós",
        "Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "grouse"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "grouse",
          "grouse"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "teterwás"
}

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