Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/neśtei

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 *h₁neḱ- (to take away),[1][2] a root frequently conflated with and possibly related to *h₂neḱ- (reach), whence Latin nancīscor.

Verb

*neśtei[1][2]

  1. to carry

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

  • Latgalian: nest
  • Latvian: nest
  • Lithuanian: nèšti
  • Proto-Slavic: *nestì (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Derksen, Rick (2008) “*nestì”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 350:*neś-
  2. 2.0 2.1 Derksen, Rick (2015) “nešti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 334:*neś-

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