Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/gúntei

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 *gʷʰénti. The zero grade *gʷʰn̥- would normally result in an epenthetic -i- being inserted, thus *gín-tei. This form is found in East Baltic, but Slavic and Prussian both reflect -u- instead, which may be a leftover reflex of the labiovelar.

Verb

*gúntei [1][2]

to chase

Descendants

Latvian: dzìt/dzenu
Lithuanian: giñti/genù
Old Prussian: guntwei
Slavic: *gъnàti (see there for further descendants)

References

Derksen, Rick (2008), “*gъnàti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 197: “*gun-/*gin-”
Derksen, Rick (2015), “ginti I”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 177: “*gun-”

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[1] Derksen, Rick (2008), “*gъnàti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 197: “*gun-/*gin-”

[2] Derksen, Rick (2015), “ginti I”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 177: “*gun-”