Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/pirtis

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 *pr̥tis, from *per- (“to beat, push”) +‎ *-tis. See Proto-Slavic *pérti (“to push, oppose”) for more discussion on the semantic identity of *per- in this formation.

Noun

*pirtis f^[1]^[2]

bathhouse

Inflection

This entry needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

East Baltic:
- Latgalian: pierts
- Latvian: pìrts f
- Lithuanian: pirtìs f
Proto-Slavic: *pьrtь (see there for further descendants)

References

^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*pьrtь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 430
^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “pirtis”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 358-9

[1] Derksen, Rick (2008) “*pьrtь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 430

[2] Derksen, Rick (2015) “pirtis”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 358-9

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