Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/kárˀtei

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.

Example of molō-present, either from Proto-Indo-European *kerh₂-^[1] or possibly re-grammaticized from the perfect stem of *(s)ker- (“to hook, to crook”).

*kárˀtei

1. to hang, to halt (ambitransitive)

   Synonym: *kabḗˀtei

Fixed accent, je-present (Lithuanian) or simple thematic (Latvian) present.

• *karā́ˀtei (durative-iterative form)
• *karˀtla (instrumental noun)
• *karˀtas (t-participle)
  • *karˀtā́ˀtei (possibly)
    • Lithuanian: kartóti (“to iterate”)
    • >? Proto-Slavic: *kortati (sę) (“to hang, to stay around”)

• *kártas (“brief moment”), *kártus (“short, brief”)
  • Proto-Slavic: *kortъ

• East Baltic^[2]:
  • Latgalian: kuort
  • Latvian: kārt
  • Lithuanian: kárti
• West Baltic:
  • ⇒ Old Prussian: paccaris (“strap, fastener”)
• Proto-Slavic: *korti (“to hold in position, to span?”) (presumably, not attested explicitly)
  • ⇒ Proto-Slavic: *korkъ,^[3] *korakъ (“span, stride”)

• “karti”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012