Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/gínˀtei

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 *genH- (to cut, squeeze). Also related are Lithuanian genỹs, Latvian dzenis (woodpecker).

Verb edit

*gínˀtei[1][2]

  1. to cut
  2. to reap

Descendants edit

  • Proto-Slavic: *žę̀ti (see there for further descendants)
  • Lithuanian: genė́ti
  • Latvian: dzenêt

References edit

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*žę̀ti II”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 561:*genʔ-/*ginʔ-
  2. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “genėti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 170:*genʔ-/*ginʔ-