Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/gínˀtei

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 *genH- (“to cut, squeeze”). Also related are Lithuanian genỹs, Latvian dzenis (“woodpecker”).

Verb

*gínˀtei^[1]^[2]

to cut
to reap

Descendants

Proto-Slavic: *žę̀ti (see there for further descendants)
Lithuanian: genė́ti
Latvian: dzenêt

References

^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*žę̀ti II”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 561: “*genʔ-/*ginʔ-”
^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “genėti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 170: “*genʔ-/*ginʔ-”

[1] Derksen, Rick (2008) “*žę̀ti II”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 561: “*genʔ-/*ginʔ-”

[2] Derksen, Rick (2015) “genėti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 170: “*genʔ-/*ginʔ-”

[1]

[2]