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Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/bajā́ˀtei

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 *bʰeyh₂-

Verb

*bajā́ˀtei[1]

  1. to fear, to be afraid

Descendants
  • East Baltic: *bijāti
    • Lithuanian: bijóti
    • Latvian: bijât
      • ⇒ Latvian: bijâtiês
        • ⇒ Latvian: bîtiês (“to be afraid”)
  • West Baltic:
    • Old Prussian: biātwei
  • Proto-Slavic: *bojàti (see there for further descendants)

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008) “*bojàti sę”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 50: “v. ‘fear, be afraid’”
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