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Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/gáuˀtei

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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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Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *g⁽ʷ⁾u-né-H-ti ~ *g⁽ʷ⁾u-n-H-énti, from *g⁽ʷ⁾ewH- (“to obtain”) +‎ *-né-,[1][2] with the infinitive coming from PIE o-grade.[3]

Alternatively from an *-u- enlargement of Proto-Indo-European *gʷeh₃- (“to feed, tend”) and related to Ancient Greek βόσκω (bóskō).[4]

Verb

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*gáuˀtei

  1. to get, obtain, gain

Inflection

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This verb needs an inflection-table template.

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  • *gáuˀsas
    • Lithuanian: gausùs (“abundant, copious”)
    • Latvian: gauss (“sluggish, slow”)

Descendants

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  • East Baltic:
    • Latgalian: giut(i) (“to catch”)
    • Latvian: gaut, gūt (“to catch, obtain, gain”)
    • Lithuanian: gáuti (“to get, obtain, gain”)
    • Samogitian: gautė
  • West Baltic:
    • Old Prussian: pogaūt (“to get”)

References

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  1. ^ Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “?*g(u̯)eu̯H- ‘erlangen’”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 189
  2. ^ Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007), “gáuti”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka litewskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Lithuanian Language]‎[1] (in Polish), Vilnius: Vilnius University, pages 451-2
  3. ^ Petit, Daniel (2017–2018), “Chapter XIV: Baltic”, in Klein, Jared S., Joseph, Brian D., Fritz, Matthias, editors, Handbook of Comparative and Historical Indo-European Linguistics: An International Handbook (Handbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft [Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science]; 41.2), Berlin; Boston: De Gruyter Mouton, →ISBN, § The phonology of Baltic, page 1646: “Lith. gáuti ‘to get’ < PIE *gou̯H-ti-”
  4. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015), “gauti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 166

Further reading

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  • Fraenkel, Ernst (1955, 1962–1965), “gáuti”, in Litauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume I, Heidelberg-Göttingen: Carl Winter and Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, pages 141–142
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