Old Prussian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *be(ź). Cognate with Lithuanian be, Latvian bez, Polish bez.[1]

Conjunction

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bhe[2]

  1. and
  2. without [with accusative]

Etymology 2

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See under būton.

Verb

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bhe[3]

  1. Alternative form of bēi: third-person singular/plural past of būton

References

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  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “be”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 84
  2. ^ Mažiulis, Vytautas (1988) “bhe 1”, in Prūsų kalbos etimologijos žodynas [Etymological dictionary of Old Prussian]‎[1] (in Lithuanian), volume 1, Vilnius: Mokslas, pages 138-139
  3. ^ Mažiulis, Vytautas (1988) “bhe 3”, in Prūsų kalbos etimologijos žodynas [Etymological dictionary of Old Prussian]‎[2] (in Lithuanian), volume 1, Vilnius: Mokslas, page 139