Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/kerstei

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

Alternative forms

*kirstei (Baltic and East Slavic)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)kert-, a t-extension of *(s)ker- (“to cut”). Cognates include Sanskrit कर्तति (kartati, “to cut, to divide”) (thematic present), कृन्तति (kṛntati, “to shred”) (ne-infix present).

Verb

*kerstei

to cut, to carve

Inflection

Baltic:^[1]

e-grade thematic present: 3p. sg. *kérteti
0-grade thematic preterite: 3p. sg. *kirtét

Slavic:^[2]

0-grade thematic present: 3p. sg. *kirtéti
e-grade thematic preterite: 3p. sg. *kértet

Descendants

East Baltic:^[3]
- Latgalian: cierst
- Latvian: cìrst, pres. cērt
- Lithuanian: kir̃sti, pres. ker̃tа
Proto-Slavic: *čersti^[4], pres. *čьrtetь (see there for further descendants)

References

^ Latvian displays elongated grade in the present.
^ East Slavic displays 0-grade throughout the whole paradigm.
^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “kirsti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 247: “BSl. *kert-, *kirt-”
^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*čersti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 85: “BSl. *kert-, *kirt-”

[1] Latvian displays elongated grade in the present.

[2] East Slavic displays 0-grade throughout the whole paradigm.

[3] Derksen, Rick (2015) “kirsti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 247: “BSl. *kert-, *kirt-”

[4] Derksen, Rick (2008) “*čersti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 85: “BSl. *kert-, *kirt-”

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