Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/bajā́ˀtei

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 *bʰeyh₂-.

    Verb

    *bajā́ˀtei[1][2]

    1. to fear, to be afraid

    Descendants

    • East Baltic: *bijāti
      • ⇒ Latgalian: bejuotīs
        • ⇒ Latgalian: beitīs
      • Latvian: bijât
        • ⇒ Latvian: bijâtiês
          • ⇒ Latvian: bîtiês (“to be afraid”)
      • Lithuanian: bijóti
    • West Baltic:
      • Old Prussian: biātwei
    • Proto-Slavic: *bojàti (see there for further descendants)

    References

    1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015), “bijoti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 89
    2. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008), “*bojàti sę”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 50: “v. ‘fear, be afraid’”
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