Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/wálˀgīˀtei

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 *welg-.

Verb

*wálˀgīˀtei^[1]^[2]

to moisten

Inflection

Fixed accent.

Descendants

Lithuanian: válgyti
- → Latvian: val̃g̒ît
Old Prussian: walgeit
Proto-Slavic: *vòlžiti (see there for further descendants)

References

^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*volžiti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 527: “BSl. *wolʔg-ei/i”
^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “valgyti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 486: “BSL *wolʔg-ei/i”

[1] Derksen, Rick (2008) “*volžiti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 527: “BSl. *wolʔg-ei/i”

[2] Derksen, Rick (2015) “valgyti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 486: “BSL *wolʔg-ei/i”

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