Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/sḗˀstei

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 *sed-.^[1]^[2]

Verb

*sḗˀstei

to sit down

Descendants

Lithuanian: sė́sti
Latvian: sēsties
Old Prussian: sindants (“sitting”)
Proto-Slavic: *sěsti (see there for further descendants)

References

^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “sėsti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 395
^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*sěsti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 447: “v. ‘sit down’”

[1] Derksen, Rick (2015) “sėsti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 395

[2] Derksen, Rick (2008) “*sěsti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 447: “v. ‘sit down’”

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