Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/dḗˀtei

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 *dʰeh₁- (“to do”).

Verb

*dḗˀtei^[1]^[2]

to put, to place
to do

Inflection

Reduplicated present *dedēˀti.

Descendants

East Baltic:
- Latgalian: dēt
- Latvian: dēt
- Lithuanian: dė́ti
Proto-Slavic: *děti (see there for further descendants)

References

^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*děti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 104: “*deʔ-”
^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “dėti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 125: “*deʔ-”

[1] Derksen, Rick (2008) “*děti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 104: “*deʔ-”

[2] Derksen, Rick (2015) “dėti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 125: “*deʔ-”

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