Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/bergtei

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 *bʰérgʰ-ti, from *bʰergʰ- (“to safeguard, protect”).

Verb

*bergtei^[1]^[2]

to take care of

Inflection

Simple thematic present *bergeti.

Descendants

⇒ Lithuanian: bìrginti
Proto-Slavic: *berťì (see there for further descendants)

References

^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*bergtì”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 36: “*berg-”
^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “birginti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 90: “*birg-; *berg-”

[1] Derksen, Rick (2008) “*bergtì”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 36: “*berg-”

[2] Derksen, Rick (2015) “birginti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 90: “*birg-; *berg-”

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