Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/kerstei
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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
Alternative forms
- *kirstei (Baltic and East Slavic)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *(s)kert-, a t-extension of *(s)ker- (“to cut”). Cognates include Sanskrit कर्तति (kartati, “to cut, to divide”) (thematic present), कृन्तति (kṛntati, “to shred”) (ne-infix present).
Verb
*kerstei
Inflection
Baltic:[1]
- e-grade thematic present: 3p. sg. *kérteti
- 0-grade thematic preterite: 3p. sg. *kirtét
Slavic:[2]
- 0-grade thematic present: 3p. sg. *kirtéti
- e-grade thematic preterite: 3p. sg. *kértet
Descendants
References
- ^ Latvian displays elongated grade in the present.
- ^ East Slavic displays 0-grade throughout the whole paradigm.
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “kirsti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 247: “BSl. *kert-, *kirt-”
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*čersti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 85: “BSl. *kert-, *kirt-”