Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/sěsti
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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 Proto-Balto-Slavic *sḗˀstei, from an earlier *sēˀdtei, from pre-Indo-European *sedti, from Proto-Indo-European *sed- from by (Winter's law).
Baltic cognates include Latvian sēsties, Lithuanian sė́sti, 3sg. sė́da, Old Prussian sindants (“sitting”). (apparently reformed as a nasal-infix present)
Indo-European cognates include Proto-Italic *sedēō, Proto-Germanic *sitjaną, Proto-Indo-Iranian *síždati, Ancient Greek ἕζομαι (hézomai, “to sit down”),
Verb edit
*sěsti pf[1]
- to sit down
Inflection edit
Conjugation of *sěsti, *sěde, *sędetь (perf., intr., -C/n-, _/ox-aorist, accent paradigm ?)
| Verbal noun | Infinitive | Supine | L-participle |
|---|---|---|---|
| *sědenьje | *sěsti | *sěstъ | *sědlъ |
| Participles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tense | Past | Present |
| Passive | — | — |
| Active | *sědъ | — |
| Aorist | Present | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *sěd(ox)ъ | *sěde | *sěde | *sędǫ | *sędeši | *sędetь |
| Dual | *sěd(ox)ově | *sěd(e/os)ta | *sěd(e/os)te | *sędevě | *sędeta | *sędete |
| Plural | *sěd(ox)omъ | *sěd(e/os)te | *sědǫ, *sědošę | *sędemъ | *sędete | *sędǫtь |
| Imperfect | Imperative | |||||
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | — | — | — | — | *sędi | *sędi |
| Dual | — | — | — | *sęděvě | *sęděta | — |
| Plural | — | — | — | *sęděmъ | *sęděte | — |
- Notes:
- In perfective verbs, present expresses future
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading edit
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “сесть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
References edit
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*sěsti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 447: “v. ‘sit down’”