Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/neśtei

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

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂neḱ- (to attain, reach)

Verb edit

*neśtei[1][2]

  1. to carry

Inflection edit

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants edit

  • Latgalian: nest
  • Latvian: nest
  • Lithuanian: nèšti
  • Proto-Slavic: *nestì (see there for further descendants)

References edit

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*nestì”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 350:*neś-
  2. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “nešti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 334:*neś-