Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/blḗˀtei

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 *bʰléh₁-ti, from *bʰleh₁- (to bleat, cry).

Verb edit

*blḗˀtei[1][2]

  1. to bleat

Inflection edit

Fixed accent, j-present *blḗˀjeti.

Descendants edit

  • East Baltic:
    • Latvian: blêt
  • Proto-Slavic: *blějati (see there for further descendants)

References edit

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*blějati”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 43:*bleʔ-
  2. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “blēt”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 528:*bleʔ-