Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/gīˀwás

Etymology
From.

Adjective

 * 1) alive

Reconstruction notes
According to Dybo, the diphthongization of the vowel *ī in Prussian language occurred in a stressed syllable under the acute accent examining the form. It is possible that the Prussian form indicates that was in effect. Kortlandt considers the combination an exception and a printer's error.

Inflection
Mobile accent.

Descendants

 * East Baltic:
 * West Baltic:
 * West Baltic:
 * West Baltic:
 * West Baltic: