Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/ṓˀstei
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Proto-Balto-Slavic
Etymology
From earlier *ṓˀdstei, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed-e-ti, from *h₃ed- (“to smell”). Lengthening/acute is due to Winter's law.
Verb
- to smell
Descendants
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*adati”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 26: “*oʔd-”
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “uosti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 482: “*oʔd-”