Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/kárˀtei

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, either from Proto-Indo-European *kerh₂-[1] or possibly re-grammaticized from the perfect stem of *(s)ker- (“to hook, to crook”).

Verb

*kárˀtei

to hang, to halt (ambitransitive)
Synonym: *kabḗˀtei

Conjugation

Fixed accent, je-present (Lithuanian) or simple thematic (Latvian) present.

Derived terms

*karā́ˀtei (durative-iterative form)
*karˀtla (instrumental noun)
*karˀtas (t-participle)
- *karˀtā́ˀtei (possibly)
  - Lithuanian: kartóti (“to iterate”)
  - >? Proto-Slavic: *kortati (sę) (“to hang, to stay around”)

Related terms

*kártas (“brief moment”), *kártus (“short, brief”)
- Proto-Slavic: *kortъ

Descendants

East Baltic[2]:
- Latvian: kārt
- Lithuanian: kárti
West Baltic:
- ⇒ Old Prussian: paccaris (“strap, fastener”)
Proto-Slavic: *korti (“to hold in position, to span?”) (presumably, not attested explicitly)
- ⇒ Proto-Slavic: *korkъ[3], *korakъ (“span, stride”)

References

Kortlandt, Frederik (1989), “Lithuanian statýti and related formations”, in Baltistica, volume 25, page 105
Derksen, Rick (2015), “karti I”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 229
Trubačev, Oleg (1959), “Slawische Etymologien”, in Zeitschrift für Slawistik, volume 4, pages 83-87