Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/maldī́ˀtei
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Proto-Balto-Slavic
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *moldʰ-éye-ti, from *meldʰ- (“to ask, pray, beg”). Cognate with Hittite 𒈠𒀀𒀠𒁲 (ma-a-al-di /māldi/, “to recite, make a vow”, 3sg.pres.act.), German melden (“to report, tell”), Old Armenian մաղթ (małtʻ, “prayer, supplication”).
Verb
*maldī́ˀtei
- to pray
Descendants
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “maldyti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 302
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*modlìti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 320: “v. ‘pray’ (b)”