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

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *kes-.

Verb

*késtei^[1]^[2]

to comb

Inflection

Fixed accent, j-present *késjeti.

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

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

References

^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*česàti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 86: “*kes-”
^ 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-”

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

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