< Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic
Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/bḗˀgtei
Proto-Balto-Slavic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *bʰégʷ-e-ti, from *bʰegʷ- (“to run away from, flee”).
Verb
*bḗˀgtei[1][2]
- to flee, run
Related terms
- *bēˀgjā́ˀtei
Descendants
- Latvian: bêgt
- Lithuanian: bė́gti
- Proto-Slavic: *běťi, *bě̀gati (see there for further descendants)
References
- Derksen, Rick (2008), “*bě̀gati”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 39: “*beʔg-”
- Derksen, Rick (2015), “bėgti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 85: “*beʔg-”