Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/bárˀtei

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 *bʰerH- (to pierce, strike).

    Verb

    *bárˀtei[1][2][3]

    1. to fight
    2. to quarrel

    Inflection

    Fixed accent.[4]

    Derived terms

    • *barˀnis (fight, quarrel)

    Descendants

    • Latgalian: buort
    • Latvian: bãrt
    • Lithuanian: bárti
    • Proto-Slavic: *bòrti (see there for further descendants)

    References

    1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008), “*bòrti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 57:*borʔ-
    2. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015), “barti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 81:*borʔ-
    3. ^ Jasanoff, Jay (2017), The Prehistory of the Balto-Slavic Accent (Brill's Studies in Indo-European Languages & Linguistics; 17), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 222
    4. ^ Jasanoff, Jay (2017), The Prehistory of the Balto-Slavic Accent (Brill's Studies in Indo-European Languages & Linguistics; 17), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 197:*borjǫ̍ sę ‘fight’, with immobility (also seen in the sustained tone of Latv. inf. bar̃t)