Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/ḗˀstei

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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

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Etymology

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From an earlier form **ḗˀdtei, with the length of the root vowel probably due to Winter's law, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁édti.

Verb

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*ḗˀstei[1][2][3]

  1. to eat

Inflection

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Athematic, mobile accent.

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

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  • East Baltic:
    • Latgalian: ēst
    • Latvian: ēst
    • Lithuanian: ė́sti
  • Proto-Slavic: *ě̀sti (see there for further descendants)

References

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  1. ^ Balto-Slavic Mobility as an Indo-European Problem, J. Jasanoff
  2. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*ě̀sti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 154:*eʔsti
  3. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “ėsti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 157:eʔsti; *eʔd-