Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/mígtei

Etymology
From with several hypotheses for original inflection:
 * Ivanov, Mažiulis: From athematic root present.
 * van Wijk, Stang: Alternatively, reanalyzed from an earlier perfect.
 * Villanueva Svensson: Possibly from Narten-type athematic present in middle voice, paired with athematic aorist  (whence 0-grades within later derivatives).

Reconstruction notes
Modern descendants have innovated various types of reanalyzed conjugations. Athematic inflection is attested in Old Lithuanian and Old Prussian.

The accent paradigm is based on Lithuanian and Serbo-Croatian (ap B per Illič-Svityč).

Verb

 * 1)  to flicker, to twinkle, to murk
 * → to wink; to close, to screw one's eyes
 * → to doze, to slumber

Conjugation
Fixed accent, originally athematic: ~.

Later descendants and related derivatives exhibit:
 * n-infix present / ā-preterite: standard 🇨🇬 (3p. pres.), (3p. pret.)
 * thematic present / ā-preterite: dialectal 🇨🇬 (3p. pres.), (3p. pret.); standard 🇨🇬 (3p. pres.),  (3p. pret.)
 * te-present / ā-preterite: dialectal 🇨🇬 (3p. pres.), (3p. pret.)
 * ste-present / jā-preterite: dialectal 🇨🇬/ (3p. pres.), (3p. pret.)
 * ī-present / ě-preterite: 🇨🇬
 * enlonged-grade jā-present + preterite: 🇨🇬
 * ne-present / nu-preterite: 🇨🇬

Derived terms

 * Baltic:
 * Baltic:

Descendants

 * East Baltic:
 * West Baltic:
 * West Baltic:
 * West Baltic:
 * West Baltic: