Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/jebtei

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

Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *h₃yébʰeti, from *h₃yebʰ- (“to enter into, penetrate; to copulate”). Cognate with Ancient Greek οἴφω (oíphō), Sanskrit यभति (yábhati).

Verb

*jebtei[1]

  1. to copulate, have sex

Descendants

  • Proto-Slavic: *jetì (see there for further descendants)
    • ⇒ Proto-Slavic: *jebàti (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ^ BSW, page 107: “i̯ebō”

Further reading

  • EDSIL, page 147: “*etì; *ebàti; *ěbàti”, “PIE *h₃iebʰ-e/o-”
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