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Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/gínˀtei

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 *genH- (“to cut, squeeze”). Also related are Lithuanian genỹs, Latvian dzenis (“woodpecker”).

Verb

*gínˀtei[1][2]

  1. to cut
  2. to reap

Descendants
  • Proto-Slavic: *žę̀ti (see there for further descendants)
  • Lithuanian: genė́ti
  • Latvian: dzenêt

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008) “*žę̀ti II”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 561: “*genʔ-/*ginʔ-”
  2. Derksen, Rick (2015) “genėti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 170: “*genʔ-/*ginʔ-”
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