Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/neśtei

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 *h₁neḱ- (“to take away”),[1][2] a root frequently conflated with and possibly related to *h₂neḱ- (“reach”), whence Latin nancīscor.

    Verb

    *neśtei[1][2]

    1. to carry

    Inflection

    This verb needs an inflection-table template.

    Descendants

    • Latgalian: nest
    • Latvian: nest
    • Lithuanian: nèšti
    • Samogitian: neštė
    • Proto-Slavic: *nestì (see there for further descendants)

    References

    1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Derksen, Rick (2008), “*nestì”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 350: “*neś-”
    2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Derksen, Rick (2015), “nešti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 334: “*neś-”

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