Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/ḗˀstei

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

Etymology

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

Verb

*ḗˀstei^[1]^[2]^[3]

to eat

Inflection

Athematic, mobile accent.

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

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

References

^ Balto-Slavic Mobility as an Indo-European Problem, J. Jasanoff
^ 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”
^ 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-”

[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-”

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