Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/gerˀtei

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

Derived from Proto-Indo-European *gʷerh₃- (“to swallow”).

Verb

*gerˀtei

(Baltic) to drink
(Slavic) to glut

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

East Baltic:^[1]
- Latgalian: dzert
- Latvian: dzer̂t
- Lithuanian: gérti
Proto-Slavic: *žèrti^[2]

References

^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “gerti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 172: “BSl. gerʔ-”
^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*žerti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 559: “BSl. gerʔ-”

[1] Derksen, Rick (2015) “gerti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 172: “BSl. gerʔ-”

[2] Derksen, Rick (2008) “*žerti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 559: “BSl. gerʔ-”

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