Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/sēdḗˀtei

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 *sed-éh₁-ye-ti, from *sed- by Winter's law, or directly from the lengthened Narten root *sḗd-.[1][2]

    Verb

    *sēdḗˀtei

    1. to seat

    Descendants

    • Latgalian: sēdēt
    • Latvian: sēdēt
    • Lithuanian: sėdė́ti
    • Samogitian: siedietė
    • Proto-Slavic: *sěděti

    References

    1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015), “sėdėti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 391
    2. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008), “*sědě̀ti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 445:v. ‘sit’