Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/kálˀtei

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

    Example of molō-present, from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₂- (Derksen, Rasmussen) or *(s)kelH- (Lubotsky). Probably further cognate with Ancient Greek κλᾰ́ω (klắō, “to break”).

    Verb

    *kálˀtei[1][2]

    1. to forge (ambitransitive)
    2. to strike, to slaughter (transitive)

    Conjugation

    Fixed accent, je-present.

    Derived terms

    • *kálˀta (“chisel”) (neuter t-deverbial)
    • >? *kalˀdas (“forging tool”) (possibly)
      • ⇒ Proto-Slavic: *koldivo (sometimes viewed as Celto-Italic borrowing)
    • *klā́ˀtei (“to stack, to wrap”)
    • *skélˀtei (“to cleave”)
    • *(s)kalˀdāˀ (“block, log”) (probably)

    Descendants

    References

    1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015), “kalti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 222: “BSl. *kolʔ-”
    2. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008), “*kolti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 230: “BSl. *kolʔ-”

    Further reading

    • “kalti”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012
    • Ivanov, Vyačeslav (1981), Славянский, балтийский и раннебалканский глагол. Индоевропейские истоки, Nauka, pages 171-172
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