Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/láupīˀtei

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

From Proto-Indo-European *lowpéyeti, from the root *lewp- (“to bend; to peel, tear, flake off, damage”). Compare perhaps Ancient Greek λῡ́πη (lū́pē, “grief, pain”).^[1]

Verb

*láupīˀtei^[2]^[3]

to cause to bend
to peel

Inflection

Fixed accent.

Descendants

Latgalian: laupeit
Latvian: làupît
Lithuanian: laupýti
Proto-Slavic: *lūpìti (see there for further descendants)

References

^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “λῡ́πη”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 878-9
^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*lūpìti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 291: “BSl. *loup-ei/i-”
^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “laupyti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 276: “BSL *loup-ei/i-”

[1] Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “λῡ́πη”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 878-9

[2] Derksen, Rick (2008) “*lūpìti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 291: “BSl. *loup-ei/i-”

[3] Derksen, Rick (2015) “laupyti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 276: “BSL *loup-ei/i-”

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