Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ševeliti

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

Etymology

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Compare Old Norse skǽvа, Latin ceveo and Sanskrit च्य्अवते (cyávate, “move to and fro, stir”).

Verb

*ševeliti

1. to move, to rustle

Inflection

Conjugation of *ševeliti, *ševeli, *ševelitь (impf., -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*ševeľenьje	*ševeliti	*ševelitъ	*ševelilъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*ševeľenъ	*ševelimъ
Active	*ševeľь	*ševelę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*ševelixъ	*ševeli	*ševeli	*ševeľǫ	*ševeliši	*ševelitь
Dual	*ševelixově	*ševelista	*ševeliste	*ševelivě	*ševelita	*ševelite
Plural	*ševelixomъ	*ševeliste	*ševelišę	*ševelimъ	*ševelite	*ševelętь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*ševeľaaxъ	*ševeľaaše	*ševeľaaše	—	*ševeli	*ševeli
Dual	*ševeľaaxově	*ševeľaašeta	*ševeľaašete	*ševelivě	*ševelita	—
Plural	*ševeľaaxomъ	*ševeľaašete	*ševeľaaxǫ	*ševelimъ	*ševelite	—

Notes:
• (*)*ševelivъ is a later doublet of the past active participle

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: шаволíць (šavólícʹ)
  • Russian: шевелить (ševelitʹ)
  • Ukrainian: шевелíти (ševelíty)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: шавам (šavam)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: ševelit
  • Slovak: šеvеlit'

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “шевелить”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress