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 and 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
  • 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