Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/blenstei

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 *bʰlendʰ-ye-ti, from *bʰlendʰ- (“to blend, mix up”).

Verb

*blenstei^[1]^[2]

to stir, to muddle
to talk nonsense
to try to see with poor eyesight

Inflection

Simple thematic present *blendeti or j-present *blendjeti.

Descendants

East Baltic:
- Latvian: bliêzt
- Lithuanian: blę̃sti
Proto-Slavic: *blęsti (see there for further descendants)

References

^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*blęsti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 44: “*blend-”
^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “blęsti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 93: “*blend-”

[1] Derksen, Rick (2008) “*blęsti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 44: “*blend-”

[2] Derksen, Rick (2015) “blęsti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 93: “*blend-”

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