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

Alternative forms

  • *-ī́ˀtei

Etymology

Derived from Proto-Indo-European *-éye-ti, from *-yeti. Cognate with Proto-Germanic *-janą, Proto-Celtic *-īti, Proto-Italic *-eō, Proto-Hellenic *-éyō, Proto-Indo-Iranian *-áyati.

Suffix

*-éitei

Descendants

  • East Baltic:
    • Latgalian: -eit
    • Latvian: -ît, -īt
    • Old Lithuanian: -yti
      • Lithuanian: -ýti
      • Samogitian: -ietė, -ītė
  • West Baltic:
    • Old Prussian: -eit
    • Sudovian: -it, -t
  • Proto-Slavic: *-ìti (see there for further descendants)
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