Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/gínˀtei

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 *gʷʰen-.

    Verb

    *gínˀtei[1][2]

    1. to cut
    2. to reap

    Descendants

    • Latvian: dzenêt
    • Lithuanian: genė́ti (“to lop, to trim”)
    • Proto-Slavic: *žę̀ti (see there for further descendants)

    References

    1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008), “*žę̀ti II”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 561: “*genʔ-/*ginʔ-”
    2. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015), “genėti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 170: “*genʔ-/*ginʔ-”
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