Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/bajā́ˀtei

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 *bʰeyh₂-.

Verb

*bajā́ˀtei[1][2]

  1. to fear, to be afraid

Descendants

  • East Baltic: *bijāti
    • ⇒ Latgalian: bejuotīs
      • ⇒ Latgalian: beitīs
    • Latvian: bijât
      • ⇒ Latvian: bijâtiês
        • ⇒ Latvian: bîtiês (“to be afraid”)
    • Lithuanian: bijóti
  • West Baltic:
    • Old Prussian: biātwei
  • Proto-Slavic: *bojàti (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “bijoti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 89
  2. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*bojàti sę”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 50: “v. ‘fear, be afraid’”
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