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Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/brádīˀtei

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

An o-grade causative formation from Proto-Indo-European *bʰredʰ-.

Verb

*brádīˀtei[1][2]

  1. to wade

Inflection

Fixed accent.

Descendants

  • Latvian: bradīt
  • Lithuanian: braidýti (with analogical -i-)
  • Proto-Slavic: *brodìti (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2008) “*brodìti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 63:BSl. *brod-
  2. Derksen, Rick (2015) “braidyti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 97:BSL *brod-ei/i-
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