Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/bajā́ˀtei

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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

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyh₂-.

Verb

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*bajā́ˀtei[1][2]

  1. to fear, to be afraid

Descendants

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  • East Baltic: *bijāti
    • Lithuanian: bijóti
    • Latvian: bijât
  • West Baltic:
  • Proto-Slavic: *bojàti (see there for further descendants)

References

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  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “bijoti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 89
  2. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*bojàti sę”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 50:v. ‘fear, be afraid’