Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/blḗˀtei

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 Proto-Indo-European *bʰléh₁-ti, from *bʰleh₁- (“to bleat, cry”).

Verb

*blḗˀtei^[1]^[2]

to bleat

Inflection

Fixed accent, j-present *blḗˀjeti.

Descendants

East Baltic:
- Latvian: blêt
Proto-Slavic: *blějati (see there for further descendants)

References

^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*blějati”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 43: “*bleʔ-”
^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “blēt”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 528: “*bleʔ-”

[1] Derksen, Rick (2008) “*blějati”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 43: “*bleʔ-”

[2] Derksen, Rick (2015) “blēt”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 528: “*bleʔ-”

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