Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/dḗˀtei

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 *dʰeh₁- (to do).

Verb edit

*dḗˀtei[1][2]

  1. to put, to place
  2. to do

Inflection edit

Reduplicated present *dedēˀti.

Descendants edit

  • East Baltic:
    • Latgalian: dēt
    • Latvian: dēt
    • Lithuanian: dė́ti
  • Proto-Slavic: *děti (see there for further descendants)

References edit

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008), “*děti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 104: “*deʔ-”
  2. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015), “dėti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 125: “*deʔ-”