Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/bḗˀgtei

This Proto-Balto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed words 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 *bʰégʷ-e-ti, from *bʰegʷ- (“to run away from, flee”).

Verb

*bḗˀgtei [1][2]

to flee, run

Related terms

*bēˀgjā́ˀtei

Descendants

Latvian: bêgt
Lithuanian: bė́gti
Slavic: *běťi, *bě̀gati (see there for further descendants)

References

Derksen, Rick (2008), “*bě̀gati”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 39: “*beʔg-”
Derksen, Rick (2015), “bėgti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 85: “*beʔg-”

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[1] Derksen, Rick (2008), “*bě̀gati”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 39: “*beʔg-”

[2] Derksen, Rick (2015), “bėgti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 85: “*beʔg-”