Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/gáuˀtei

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

Reconstructed as deriving from nasal-infix Proto-Indo-European *gʷu-né-h₁-ti ~ *gʷu-n-h₁-énti, from *gʷeh₁w- +‎ *-né-.^[1] Infinitive reconstructed as coming from PIE o-grade.^[2]

Verb

*gáuˀtei

to get, obtain, gain

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

East Baltic:
- Latvian: gaut, gūt (“to catch, obtain, gain”)
  - ⇒ Latvian: gūvējs (“winner”) (+ -ējs)
- Lithuanian: gáuti (“to get, obtain, gain”)
West Baltic:
- Old Prussian: pogaūt (“to get”)

References

^ Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “?*g^(u̯)eu̯H- ‘erlangen’”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 189
^ Petit, Daniel (2017–2018) “Chapter XIV: Baltic”, in Klein, Jared S., Joseph, Brian D., Fritz, Matthias, editors, Handbook of Comparative and Historical Indo-European Linguistics: An International Handbook (Handbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft [Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science]; 41.2), Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter Mouton, →ISBN, § The phonology of Baltic, page 1646: “Lith. gáuti ‘to get’ < PIE *gou̯H-ti-”

[1] Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “?*g^(u̯)eu̯H- ‘erlangen’”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 189

[2] Petit, Daniel (2017–2018) “Chapter XIV: Baltic”, in Klein, Jared S., Joseph, Brian D., Fritz, Matthias, editors, Handbook of Comparative and Historical Indo-European Linguistics: An International Handbook (Handbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft [Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science]; 41.2), Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter Mouton, →ISBN, § The phonology of Baltic, page 1646: “Lith. gáuti ‘to get’ < PIE *gou̯H-ti-”

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