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Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/nā́ˀktei

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

Probably from an extension of Proto-Indo-European *h₂en-:

  • Kortland: Reanalyzed from the duplicated form *h₂ne-h₂nḱ- of *h₂neḱ- (“to reach, to obtain”), with elemination of infix -n-. Favoured by Derksen.
  • Toporov: From k-extension of *h₂neh₂-.

Verb

*nā́ˀktei

  1. to bring, to come forward

Conjugation

Fixed accent, ste- or je-present.

Descendants
  • East Baltic:[1]
    • Latvian: nãkt
    • Lithuanian: nókti
  • ⇒? Proto-Slavic: *načiti (“to set up”) (possibly)

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2015) “nokti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 336

Further reading
  • “nokti”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012
  • Toporov, Vladimir (1960) “Индоевропейский корень *ə₂еn- / *ə₂n- в балтийском и славянском”, in LP, pages 204-205
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1994), “*načiti”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 21 (*mъrskovatъjь – *nadějьnъjь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 230
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