Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/wádīˀtei
Proto-Balto-Slavic edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Indo-European *wodʰéyeti, from the root *wedʰ- (“to lead”).
Causative form of *westéi.
Verb edit
Inflection edit
Fixed accent.
Descendants edit
- Latvian: vadît
- Lithuanian: vadýti (dialectal)
- Proto-Slavic: *vodìti (see there for further descendants)
References edit
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*vodìti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 523: “BSl. *vod-ei/i-”
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “vadyti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 484: “BSL *wod-ei/i-”