Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/wádīˀtei

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 *wodʰéyeti, from the root *wedʰ- (“to lead”).

    Causative form of *westéi.

    Verb

    *wádīˀtei[1][2]

    1. to lead, to conduct

    Inflection

    Fixed accent.

    Descendants

    • Latgalian: vadeit
    • Latvian: vadît
    • Lithuanian: vadýti (dialectal)
    • Proto-Slavic: *vodìti (see there for further descendants)

    References

    1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008), “*vodìti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 523: “BSl. *vod-ei/i-”
    2. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015), “vadyti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 484: “BSL *wod-ei/i-”
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