Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/éitei

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 *h₁éyti, from *h₁ey- (to go).[1][2]

    Verb

    *éitei[1][2]

    1. to go

    Descendants

    • East Baltic:
      • Latgalian: īt
      • Latvian: iet
      • Lithuanian: ei̇̃ti
      • Samogitian: eitė
    • Proto-Slavic: *jьti (see there for further descendants)

    References

    1. 1.0 1.1 Derksen, Rick (2015), “eiti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 151
    2. 2.0 2.1 Derksen, Rick (2008), “*jiti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 216:v. ‘go’