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Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/legtei

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 *légʰ-e-ti, from *legʰ- (“to lie (be in a resting position)”)[1].

Verb

*legtei

  1. to lie (be in a resting position), lie down

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants
  • Slavic: *leťi (see there for further descendants)

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*legti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 270: “*legʰ-”
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