Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/neśtei

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 *h₂neḱ- (“to attain, reach”)

Verb

*neśtei[1][2]

to carry

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

Latgalian: nest
Latvian: nest
Lithuanian: nèšti
Proto-Slavic: *nestì (see there for further descendants)

References

Derksen, Rick (2008), “*nestì”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 350: “*neś-”
Derksen, Rick (2015), “nešti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 334: “*neś-”

Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 316-18

[1] Derksen, Rick (2008), “*nestì”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 350: “*neś-”

[2] Derksen, Rick (2015), “nešti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 334: “*neś-”