Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/-tьje

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

Compounded from the past participle suffix *-t- and *-ьje. Originally it is therefore a deadjectival variant of *-ьje, denoting a state, condition, or property.

Suffix edit

*-tьje n

  1. Deverbal, forming action nouns.
    *žiti (to live)*žitьje (life)
    *byti (to be)*bytьje (being)
    *bez (witout) + *sъmerti (to die naturally)*bezsъmьrtьje (immortality)
  2. Deverbal, forming resultant nouns.
    *ěsti (to eat)*ěstьje (dish, food)
    *dati (to give)*datьje (task, assignment)
    *začęti (to beget)*začętьje (conception)

Declension edit

Descendants edit

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: -тие (-tie), -тиѥ (-tije)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:

References edit

  • Šekli, Matej (2012), “Besedotvorni pomeni samostalniških izpeljank v praslovanščini”, in Philological Studies[1] (in Slovene), volume 10, issue 1, Skopje, Perm, Ljubljana, Zagreb, pages 115–32
  • Halla-aho, Jussi (2006) Problems of Proto-Slavic Historical Nominal Morphology: On the Basis of Old Church Slavic (Slavica Helsingiensia; 26), Helsinki: University of Helsinki, page 75f