Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/késtei

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

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *kes-.

Verb

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*késtei[1][2]

  1. to comb

Inflection

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Fixed accent, j-present *késjeti.

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

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  • Lithuanian: kàsti
  • Proto-Slavic: *česàti (see there for further descendants)

References

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  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*česàti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 86:*kes-
  2. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “kasti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 231:*kes-, *kos-