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Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/kálˀtei

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

Example of molō-present, from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₂- (Derksen, Rasmussen) or *(s)kelH- (Lubotsky). Probably further cognate with Ancient Greek κλᾰ́ω (kláō, “to break”).

Verb

*kálˀtei[1][2]

  1. to forge (ambitransitive)
  2. to strike, to slaughter (transitive)

Conjugation

Fixed accent, je-present.

Derived terms
  • *kálˀta (“chisel”) (neuter t-deverbial)
  • >? *kalˀdas (“forging tool”) (possibly)
    • ⇒ Proto-Slavic: *koldivo (sometimes viewed as Celto-Italic borrowing)
  • *klā́ˀtei (“to stack, to wrap”)
  • *skélˀtei (“to cleave”)
  • *(s)kalˀdāˀ (“block, log”) (probably)

Descendants

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2015) “kalti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 222: “BSl. *kolʔ-”
  2. Derksen, Rick (2008) “*kolti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 230: “BSl. *kolʔ-”

Further reading
  • “kalti”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012
  • Ivanov, Vyačeslav (1981) Славянский, балтийский и раннебалканский глагол. Индоевропейские истоки, Nauka, pages 171-172
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