Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/kálˀtei

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

Example of molō-present, from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₂- (Derksen, Rasmussen) or *(s)kelH- (Lubotsky). Probably further cognate with Ancient Greek κλᾰ́ω (kláō, “to break”).

Verb

*kálˀtei[1][2]

to forge (ambitransitive)
to strike, to slaughter (transitive)

Conjugation

Fixed accent, je-present.

Derived terms

*kálˀta (“chisel”) (neuter t-deverbial)
>? *kalˀdas (“forging tool”) (possibly)
- ⇒ Proto-Slavic: *koldivo (sometimes viewed as Celto-Italic borrowing)

Related terms

*klā́ˀtei (“to stack, to wrap”)
*skélˀtei (“to cleave”)
*(s)kalˀdāˀ (“block, log”) (probably)
- Lithuanian: skaldà
- Proto-Slavic: *kolda

Descendants

East Baltic:
- Latvian: kal̃t
- Lithuanian: kálti
Proto-Slavic: *kolti

References

Derksen, Rick (2015), “kalti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 222: “BSl. *kolʔ-”
Derksen, Rick (2008), “*kolti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 230: “BSl. *kolʔ-”