Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/westéi

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 earlier **wedtei, from Proto-Indo-European *wedʰ-.[1][2]

    Verb

    *westéi[1][2][3]

    1. to lead

    Inflection

    Mobile accent, simple thematic present *wedetí.

    Descendants

    • Latgalian: vest
    • Latvian: vest
    • Lithuanian: vèsti, vẽda
    • Samogitian: vestė
    • Proto-Slavic: *vestì (see there for further descendants)

    References

    1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Derksen, Rick (2008), “*vestì”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 517: “BSl. *wed-”
    2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Derksen, Rick (2015), “vesti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 499: “BSL *wed-”
    3. ^ Jasanoff, Jay (2017), The Prehistory of the Balto-Slavic Accent (Brill's Studies in Indo-European Languages & Linguistics; 17), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 222
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