Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/wádīˀtei

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 *wodʰéyeti, from the root *wedʰ- (“to lead”).

Causative form of *westéi.

Verb

*wádīˀtei^[1]^[2]

to lead, to conduct

Inflection

Fixed accent.

Descendants

Latvian: vadît
Lithuanian: vadýti (dialectal)
Proto-Slavic: *vodìti (see there for further descendants)

References

^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*vodìti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 523: “BSl. *vod-ei/i-”
^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “vadyti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 484: “BSL *wod-ei/i-”

[1] Derksen, Rick (2008) “*vodìti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 523: “BSl. *vod-ei/i-”

[2] Derksen, Rick (2015) “vadyti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 484: “BSL *wod-ei/i-”

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