Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/gáuˀtei

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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

Reconstructed as deriving from nasal-infix Proto-Indo-European *gʷu-né-h₁-ti ~ *gʷu-n-h₁-énti, from *gʷeh₁w- +‎ *-né-.[1] Infinitive reconstructed as coming from PIE o-grade.[2]

Verb

*gáuˀtei

  1. to get, obtain, gain

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

  • East Baltic:
    • Latvian: gaut, gūt (to catch, obtain, gain)
    • Lithuanian: gáuti (to get, obtain, gain)
  • West Baltic:
    • Old Prussian: pogaūt (to get)

Further reading

  • Fraenkel, Ernst (1955, 1962–1965) “gáuti”, in Litauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume I, Heidelberg-Göttingen: Carl Winter and Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, pages 141–142

References

  1. ^ Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “?*g(u̯)eu̯H- ‘erlangen’”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 189
  2. ^ Petit, Daniel (2017–2018) “Chapter XIV: Baltic”, in Klein, Jared S., Joseph, Brian D., Fritz, Matthias, editors, Handbook of Comparative and Historical Indo-European Linguistics: An International Handbook (Handbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft ; 41.2), Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter Mouton, →ISBN, § The phonology of Baltic, page 1646:Lith. gáuti ‘to get’ < PIE *gou̯H-ti-