Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/gánīˀtei

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 *gʷʰon-éye-ti, causative of *gʷʰen- (to strike).

Verb edit

*gánīˀtei[1][2]

  1. to pasture
  2. to prosecute (in Slavic)

Inflection edit

Fixed accent.

Descendants edit

  • East Baltic:
    • Latgalian: ganeit
    • Latvian: ganīt
    • Lithuanian: ganýti
  • Proto-Slavic: *gonìti (see there for further descendants)

References edit

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*gonìti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 177:BSl. *gon-ei/i-
  2. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “ganyti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 164:BSL *gon-ei/i-