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

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰon-éye-ti, causative of *gʷʰen- (“to strike”).

Verb

*gánīˀtei^[1]^[2]

to pasture
to prosecute (in Slavic)

Inflection

Fixed accent.

Descendants

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

References

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

[1] Derksen, Rick (2008) “*gonìti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, 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-”

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