Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/bajā́ˀtei

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 Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyh₂-

Verb edit

*bajā́ˀtei^[1]

to fear, to be afraid

Descendants edit

East Baltic: *bijāti
- Lithuanian: bijóti
- Latvian: bijât
  - ⇒ Latvian: bijâtiês
    - ⇒ Latvian: bîtiês (“to be afraid”)
West Baltic:
- Old Prussian: biātwei
Proto-Slavic: *bojàti (see there for further descendants)

References edit

^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*bojàti sę”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 50: “v. ‘fear, be afraid’”

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