Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/gínˀtei
Proto-Balto-Slavic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *genH- (“to cut, squeeze”). Also related are Lithuanian genỹs, Latvian dzenis (“woodpecker”).
Verb
Descendants
- Proto-Slavic: *žę̀ti (see there for further descendants)
- Lithuanian: genė́ti
- Latvian: dzenêt
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*žę̀ti II”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 561: “*genʔ-/*ginʔ-”
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “genėti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 170: “*genʔ-/*ginʔ-”