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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/nesti

This Proto-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-Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *neśtei (to carry), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁neḱ- (Derksen), *neḱ- / *eneḱ- (to reach, arrive, carry) (ЭССЯ) or *h₂neḱ-. Cognates include Ancient Greek ἤνεγκα (ḗnenka, I brought) (aorist of φέρω (phérō)).

Verb

*nesti impf[1]

  1. to carry, to bring

Conjugation

Derived terms

Descendants

Further reading

References

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