ENBaltic abstracts in -ība (e.g. Lith. dial. gyvýba ‘life’ / Latv. dzīvība ‘life’) are built on the basis of the old abstract formations in *-ī *-ijā), adjectival abstracts in *-ijā, and deverbal abstracts in *-ijā. In the current Lithuanian language, all these types are continued by adjectival abstracts in -ė (e.g. Lith. méilė ‘love’) and deverbal abstracts in -ė (e.g. Lith. mynė ‘a time of fax crushing’). Keywords: Baltic languages; Slavic languages; historical derivation; abstract nouns. [From the publication]