Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/kárˀtei

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

Example of molō-present, either from Proto-Indo-European *kerh₂-^[1] or possibly re-grammaticized from the perfect stem of *(s)ker- (“to hook, to crook”).

Verb edit

*kárˀtei

to hang, to halt (ambitransitive)
Synonym: *kabḗˀtei

Conjugation edit

Fixed accent, je-present (Lithuanian) or simple thematic (Latvian) present.

Derived terms edit

*karā́ˀtei (durative-iterative form)
*karˀtla (instrumental noun)
*karˀtas (t-participle)
- *karˀtā́ˀtei (possibly)
  - Lithuanian: kartóti (“to iterate”)
  - >? Proto-Slavic: *kortati (sę) (“to hang, to stay around”)

Related terms edit

*kártas (“brief moment”), *kártus (“short, brief”)
- Proto-Slavic: *kortъ

Descendants edit

East Baltic^[2]:
- Latvian: kārt
- Lithuanian: kárti
West Baltic:
- ⇒ Old Prussian: paccaris (“strap, fastener”)
Proto-Slavic: *korti (“to hold in position, to span?”) (presumably, not attested explicitly)
- ⇒ Proto-Slavic: *korkъ,^[3] *korakъ (“span, stride”)

References edit

^ Kortlandt, Frederik (1989) “Lithuanian statýti and related formations”, in Baltistica, volume 25, page 105
^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “karti I”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 229
^ Trubačev, Oleg (1959) “Slawische Etymologien”, in Zeitschrift für Slawistik, volume 4, pages 83-87