Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/rádīˀtei
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Proto-Balto-Slavic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unknown. Baltic words may be borrowings from Slavic. Theoretically from causative Proto-Indo-European *(H)rodʰ-éye-ti (perfective attested in Lithuanian ràsti, Latvian rast (“to find”)),[1] however, no secure cognates outside of Balto-Slavic are known.[2] It is often compared to Sanskrit वर्धति (vardhati, “to grow”), suggesting causative derivative from Proto-Indo-European *wredʰ-, *werdʰ- (“to grow, to increase”), but loss of initial *w- in Balto-Slavic is unexplained (see also *vȇrdъ). Alternatively, a secondary formation from the related *radás + *-īˀtei.
Verb
[edit]*rádīˀtei[3]
- to give birth, to bear
Inflection
[edit]Fixed accent.
Descendants
[edit]- East Baltic:
- Proto-Slavic: *rodìti (see there for further descendants)
References
[edit]- ^ Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “?*redʰ-1”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 497
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008), “*rodìti I”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 437
- ^ Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007), “ràsti”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka litewskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Lithuanian Language][1] (in Polish), Vilnius: Vilnius University, page 998