Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/jṓˀstei

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 *yéh₃sti ~ *ih₃sénti, akin to Ancient Greek ζώννυμι (zṓnnumi, “to gird”) (nu-present), probably dial. ζούσθω (zoústhō) (dʰe-present).

Reconstruction notes

Modern descendants have reanalyzed the conjugation to je-present with ā-preterite. Athematic inflection is attested in Old Lithuanian.^[1]

Verb

*jṓˀstei^[2]

to gird, to band

Conjugation

Fixed accent, originally athematic: *jṓˀsti ~ *jṓˀsinti. Later descendants have je-present.

Derived terms

*jṓˀstas (“girdled, banded”) (t-participle)

Related terms

*jōˀsás (“belt”) (in Slavic)
*jōˀsmṓ (“waist”) (in Baltic)

Descendants

East Baltic:
- Latgalian: jūzt
- Latvian: jôzt
- Lithuanian: júosti
Proto-Slavic: *jasati (“to tear into strips”) (probably)

References

^ Ivanov, Vyačeslav (1981) Славянский, балтийский и раннебалканский глагол. Индоевропейские истоки, Nauka, page 127
^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “juosti, jasta”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 215: “BSl. joˀs-”

[1] Ivanov, Vyačeslav (1981) Славянский, балтийский и раннебалканский глагол. Индоевропейские истоки, Nauka, page 127

[2] Derksen, Rick (2015) “juosti, jasta”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 215: “BSl. joˀs-”

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