esetь

(v)ósec' (W.), aséc' (W.) `granary, drying shed' [f i];

osëtka (dial.) `granary', asëtka (dial.) `spot in granary for drying sheafs' [f ā]

jesieć (dial.) `grain sieve' [f i];

osieć (E. dial.) `granary' [f i];

jesiótka (dial.) `grain sieve' [f ā];

osiótka (W dial.) `granary' [f ā]

akė́čios `harrow' [Nompf ā] 1;

ekė́čios (dial.) `harrow' [Nompf ā] 1 \{1\}

IE meaning: harrow

Comments: This is another case where we find Balto-Slavic evidence for *e- corresponding to *a- or *o- in other branches of Indo-European (Rozwadowski's change). Toporov regards the k of the Baltic forms as evidence for a western technological borrowing (I: 67). Since the Baltic and Germanic forms mean exactly the same, while the Slavic forms are semantically more remote, this is a serious option.

Gk. ὀξίνα (Hes.) `an agricultural implement with iron teeth, drawn by oxen' [f];

Lat. occa `harrow' [f];

OHG egida `harrow' [f];

OE eg(e)ʮe `harrow' [f];

OW ocet `harrow' [f];

Fi. äës `harrow'

\{1\} The Standard Lithuanian form with a- may stem from the territory where the development e- > a- occurred. In any case, the attestations of the form with e- (see the LKŽ, s.v.) indicate that there are Lithuanian forms completely matching Latv. ecêšas.