Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/maldī́ˀtei

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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]

Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *moldʰ-éye-ti, from *meldʰ- (“to ask, pray, beg”). Cognate with Hittite 𒈠𒀀𒀠𒁲 (ma-a-al-di /⁠māldi⁠/, “to recite, make a vow”, 3sg.pres.act.), German melden (“to report, tell”), Old Armenian մաղթ (małtʻ, “prayer, supplication”).

Verb[edit]

*maldī́ˀtei

  1. to pray

Descendants[edit]

  • Lithuanian: maldýti[1]
  • Proto-Slavic: *modlìti (see there for further descendants)[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “maldyti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 302
  2. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*modlìti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 320: “v. ‘pray’ (b)”
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