Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bělěti

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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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From *bělъ (white) +‎ *-ěti.

Verb[edit]

*bělěti impf

  1. to whiten, to become white

Inflection[edit]

Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “белый”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 84
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*bělěti”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 64