Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/bergtei
Proto-Balto-Slavic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *bʰérgʰ-ti, from *bʰergʰ- (“to safeguard, protect”).
Verb
- to take care of
Inflection
Simple thematic present *bergeti.
Descendants
- ⇒ Lithuanian: bi̇̀rginti
- Proto-Slavic: *berťì (see there for further descendants)
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*bergtì”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 36: “*berg-”
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “birginti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 90: “*birg-; *berg-”