Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/lénktei
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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]
Formally from Proto-Indo-European *lenk-, which according to Derksen is limited to Balto-Slavic. Tentatively, has been compared with Latin oblīquus (“curved”), Sanskrit अभिव्लग् (abhivlag, “to catch”), both dismissed by Trubačev /ESSJa/ (in context to the Slavic descendant).
Further origin perhaps from the n-infix present of Proto-Indo-European *(s)lek- or *(s)lekʷ-, whence Latin laqueus (“lace, snare”), Proto-Germanic *slingwaną (“to sling”).
Verb[edit]
Conjugation[edit]
Fixed accent, thematic present.
Remark: Baltic descendants exhibit je-present, probably under the influence of related *línkti.
Related terms[edit]
- *línktei (jé-present, ā-aorist)
- Latvian: lìekt (possibly)
- Lithuanian: liñkti
- Proto-Slavic: *lękati ~ *lęcati (with progressive palatalization)
- *linkḗˀtei (stative)
- *lankás (“arc, bow”)
- *lánkīˀtei (“to cause to bend”)
Descendants[edit]
- East Baltic:
- Proto-Slavic: *lękti (early) > *lęťi
References[edit]
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*lękti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 277: “BSl. lenk-”
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “lenkti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 280: “BSl. lenk-”
Further reading[edit]
- “lenkti”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012