Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/kelˀtéi

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

Generally from Proto-Indo-European *kelH-:

Buck, Hamp: From undetermined *kelH- (“to rise”), akin to Latin excellō (“excel”).
Rasmussen: From *kelh₃-, akin to Ancient Greek κολώνη (kolṓnē, “column”), Lithuanian columen (“column”), Proto-Germanic *hulliz (“hill”).
Kaukienė: From an earlier Narten-typе ablauting stem *kēl- ~ *kil-, derived from one of the above hypotheses.

Verb

*kelˀtéi

to lift, to rise

Alternative forms

*kiltéi (0-grade ablaut)

Conjugation

Mobile accent, je-present.

Related terms

*kalˀnas (“hill”)
*kalˀwāˀ (“mount”)

Descendants

East Baltic:[1]
- Latgalian: ceļt
- Latvian: cel̂t
- Lithuanian: kélti

References

Derksen, Rick (2015), “kelti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 236