Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/léiźtei

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

From Proto-Indo-European *léyǵʰti.

Verb

*léiźtei[1][2]

to lick

Inflection

Fixed accent, j-present *léiźjeti.

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

Lithuanian: liẽžti
Proto-Slavic: *līzàti (see there for further descendants)

References

Derksen, Rick (2008), “*līzàti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 280: “*leiź-”
Derksen, Rick (2015), “liežti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 285: “*leiź-”

[1] Derksen, Rick (2008), “*līzàti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 280: “*leiź-”

[2] Derksen, Rick (2015), “liežti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 285: “*leiź-”