Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/ṓˀstei

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 edit

Etymology edit

From earlier *ṓˀdstei, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed-e-ti, from *h₃ed- (“to smell”). Lengthening/acute is due to Winter's law.

Verb edit

*ṓˀstei^[1]^[2]

to smell

Descendants edit

Latvian: ôst
Lithuanian: úosti
Proto-Slavic: *adati (see there for further descendants)

References edit

^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*adati”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 26: “*oʔd-”
^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “uosti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 482: “*oʔd-”

[1] Derksen, Rick (2008) “*adati”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 26: “*oʔd-”

[2] Derksen, Rick (2015) “uosti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 482: “*oʔd-”

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