Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/kelˀtéi

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

Generally derived from a Proto-Indo-European *kelH-, though the further detailed identity of the root is disputed:

• Buck, Derksen, Hamp: From undetermined *kelH- (“to rise”), akin to Latin excellō (“excel”).
• Rasmussen: From *kelh₃-, akin to Ancient Greek κολώνη (kolṓnē, “column”), Latin columen (“column”), Proto-Germanic *hulliz (“hill”).
• Kaukienė: From an earlier Narten-typе ablauting stem *kēl- ~ *kil-, derived from one of the above hypotheses.

Verb

*kelˀtéi

1. to lift, to rise

Alternative forms

• *kiltéi (0-grade ablaut)

Conjugation

Mobile accent, je-present.

Related terms

• *kalˀnas (“hill”)
• *kalˀwāˀ (“mount”)

Descendants

• East Baltic:
  • Latgalian: ceļt
  • Latvian: cel̂t
  • Lithuanian: kélti

References

Further reading

• “kelti”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012