Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/spḗˀtei

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 *speh₁- (“to prosper, succeed”).

Verb

*spḗˀtei^[1]^[2]

to be able to manage
to hurry

Descendants

Latvian: spẽt
Lithuanian: spė́ti
Proto-Slavic: *spě̀ti (“to hurry”) (see there for further descendants)

References

^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*spě̀ti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 464: “*spéʔ-”
^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “spėti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 420: “*spéʔ-”

[1] Derksen, Rick (2008) “*spě̀ti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 464: “*spéʔ-”

[2] Derksen, Rick (2015) “spėti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 420: “*spéʔ-”

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