Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/lḗˀźtei

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

    Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *leh₁ǵʰ-.[1] The LIV attributes Old Prussian līse and the Old Church Slavonic forms to *léh₁ǵʰ-e-ti.[2]

    Verb

    *lḗˀźtei[1]

    1. to crawl

    Descendants

    • Latvian: lẽzêt (“to slide”),
    • Old Prussian: līse (“(he) crawls”)
    • Proto-Slavic: *lě̀zti (see there for further descendants)

    References

    1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Derksen, Rick (2008), “*lě̀zti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 275: “*leʔź-”
    2. ^ Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*leh₁ĝʰ-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 400
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