Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/prosterti

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 *pro- +‎ *sterti.

Verb edit

*prosterti^[1]

to extend

Inflection edit

Conjugation of *prosterti, proster, *prostьretь (perf., -C-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*prostьrtьje	*prosterti	*prostertъ	*prostьrlъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*prostьrtъ	—
Active	*prostьrъ	—

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	prosterxъ	proster	proster	*prostьrǫ	*prostьreši	*prostьretь
Dual	prosterxově	prostersta	prosterste	*prostьrevě	*prostьreta	*prostьrete
Plural	prosterxomъ	prosterste	prosteršę	*prostьremъ	*prostьrete	*prostьrǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	—	—	—	—	*prostьri	*prostьri
Dual	—	—	—	*prostьrěvě	*prostьrěta	—
Plural	—	—	—	*prostьrěmъ	*prostьrěte	—

(*)*prostьrenъ is doublet of past passive participle
In perfective verbs, present expresses future

Related terms edit

*prostorъ (“space, expanse”)
*stornà (“side, land”)

Descendants edit

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic:
  - Belarusian: прасце́рці (prascjérci)
  - Russian: простере́ть (prosterétʹ), 1sg. простру́ (prostrú)
  - Ukrainian: просте́рти (prostérty)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Cyrillic: прострѣти (prostrěti), 1sg. простьрѫ (prostĭrǫ)
  
  Glagolitic: [Term?]
- Bulgarian: простра́ (prostrá)
- Macedonian: простре (prostre)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: про̀стрије̄ти, 1sg. про̏стрије̄м
  
  Latin: pròstrijēti, 1sg. prȍstrijēm
- Slovene: prostrẹ́ti, 1sg. prostrȅm (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Czech: prostřít
- ⇒ Old Polish: rozprostrzeć
- Sorbian:
  - Upper Sorbian: přestrěć
  - Lower Sorbian: pśestŕeś

References edit

^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*prosterti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 421: “v. ‘extend’”

[1] Derksen, Rick (2008) “*prosterti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 421: “v. ‘extend’”

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