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Lithuanian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Lithuanian , from Proto-Balto-Slavic *ēˀźun, *eś; compare Latvian es, Old Prussian es/as, Sudovian es, Proto-Slavic *(j)azъ. From Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵ-, *h₁eǵHom (I). Compare Sanskrit अहम् (aham), Ancient Greek ἐγώ (egṓ), Old Armenian ես (es), Latin egō. The final *-ś in Baltic is perhaps a result of sandhi or final obstruent devoicing.

Notable parallels of the vowel change observed in Lithuanian > include:

These forms were perhaps carried on from dialects where *e- regularly gives a-.[1]

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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àš

  1. (first-person singular) I

Declension

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Derived terms

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See mano;

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Rick Derksen (2002) '"Rozwadowski's change" in Baltic', Baltų Filologija, vol. 11, no. 1, pg. 5-12
  2. ^ Vytautas Ambrazas ed. (1997) Lithuanian Grammar. Vilnius: Institute of the Lithuanian Language, page 208
  3. ^ Vytautas Mažiulis (2006) Historical Grammar of Old Prussian, page 78

Serbo-Croatian

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Conjunction

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  1. (Chakavian) because
    Synonym: jer