Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/lḗˀźtei

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 *leh₁ǵʰ-[1].

Verb

*lḗˀźtei[2]

to crawl

Descendants

Latvian: lẽzêt (“to slide”),
Old Prussian: līse (“(he) crawls”)
Proto-Slavic: *lě̀zti (see there for further descendants)

References

Derksen, Rick (2008), “*lě̀zti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 275: “*leh₁ǵʰ-”
Derksen, Rick (2008), “*lě̀zti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 275: “*leʔź-”

[1] Derksen, Rick (2008), “*lě̀zti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 275: “*leh₁ǵʰ-”

[2] Derksen, Rick (2008), “*lě̀zti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 275: “*leʔź-”