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Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/léiźtei

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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

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *léyǵʰti.

Verb

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*léiźtei[1][2]

  1. to lick

Inflection

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Fixed accent, j-present *léiźjeti.

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

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  • Lithuanian: liẽžti
  • Proto-Slavic: *līzàti (see there for further descendants)

References

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  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*līzàti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 280:*leiź-
  2. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “liežti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 285:*leiź-