Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/maldī́ˀtei

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

Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *moldʰ-éye-ti, from *meldʰ- (“to ask, pray, beg”). Cognate with Hittite 𒈠𒀀𒀠𒁲 (ma-a-al-di /⁠māldi⁠/, “to recite, make a vow”, 3sg.pres.act.), German melden (“to report, tell”), Old Armenian մաղթ (małtʻ, “prayer, supplication”).^[1]^[2]

Verb

*maldī́ˀtei

to pray

Descendants

Lithuanian: maldýti^[1]
Proto-Slavic: *modlìti (see there for further descendants)^[2]

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Derksen, Rick (2015) “maldyti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 302
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Derksen, Rick (2008) “*modlìti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 320: “v. ‘pray’ (b)”

[EDBIL-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Derksen, Rick (2015) “maldyti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 302

[EDSIL-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Derksen, Rick (2008) “*modlìti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 320: “v. ‘pray’ (b)”

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