Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/jṓˀstei

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Proto-Balto-Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *yéh₃sti ~ *ih₃sénti, akin to Ancient Greek ζώννυμι (zṓnnumi, “to gird”) (nu-present), probably dial. ζούσθω (zoústhō) (dʰe-present).

Reconstruction notes

Modern descendants have reanalyzed the conjugation to je-present with ā-preterite. Athematic inflection is attested in Old Lithuanian.[1]

Verb

*jṓˀstei[2]

  1. to gird, to band

Conjugation

Fixed accent, originally athematic: *jṓˀsti ~ *jṓˀsinti. Later descendants have je-present.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • East Baltic:
    • Latgalian: jūzt
    • Latvian: jôzt
    • Lithuanian: júosti
  • Proto-Slavic: *jasati (“to tear into strips”) (probably)

Further reading

  • “juosmi”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė, 2007–2012

References

  1. ^ Ivanov, Vyačeslav (1981) Славянский, балтийский и раннебалканский глагол. Индоевропейские истоки, Nauka, page 127
  2. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “juosti, jasta”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 215: “BSl. joˀs-”
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