Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/blenstei

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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

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Etymology

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

Verb

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*blenstei[1][2]

  1. to stir, to muddle
  2. to talk nonsense
  3. to try to see with poor eyesight

Inflection

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

Descendants

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

References

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  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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