Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/neśtei

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 *h₁neḱ- (“to attain, reach”), a root frequently conflated with and possibly related to *h₂neḱ- (“reach”), whence Latin nancīscor.

Verb

*neśtei[1][2]

to carry

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

Latgalian: nest
Latvian: nest
Lithuanian: nèšti
Proto-Slavic: *nestì (see there for further descendants)

References

Pokorny, Julius (1959) “316-18”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 316-18

Derksen, Rick (2008) “*nestì”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 350: “*neś-”
Derksen, Rick (2015) “nešti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 334: “*neś-”

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[1] Derksen, Rick (2008) “*nestì”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 350: “*neś-”

[2] Derksen, Rick (2015) “nešti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 334: “*neś-”