Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/spḗˀtei

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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 *speh₁- (“to prosper, succeed”).

Verb

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*spḗˀtei[1][2]

  1. to be able to manage
  2. to hurry

Descendants

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

References

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  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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