Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/šutiti

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

*šutъ +‎ *-iti

Verb

*šutiti

1. to joke
2. to jest

Conjugation

Conjugation of *šutiti, *šuti, *šutitь (?, -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Suffix: *-iti
― iterative (*nositi⇐*nesti)
― causative (*pojiti⇐*piti)
― ...

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*šuťenьje	*šutiti	*šutitъ	*šutilъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*šuťenъ	*šutimъ
Active	*šuťь	*šutę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*šutixъ	*šuti	*šuti	*šuťǫ	*šutiši	*šutitь
Dual	*šutixově	*šutista	*šutiste	*šutivě	*šutita	*šutite
Plural	*šutixomъ	*šutiste	*šutišę	*šutimъ	*šutite	*šutętь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*šuťaaxъ	*šuťaaše	*šuťaaše	—	*šuti	*šuti
Dual	*šuťaaxově	*šuťaašeta	*šuťaašete	*šutivě	*šutita	—
Plural	*šuťaaxomъ	*šuťaašete	*šuťaaxǫ	*šutimъ	*šutite	—

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

Related terms

adjectives

• *šustrъ (“quick, agile”)

 

nouns

• *šutъka f (“joke”)

 

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Middle Russian: шутити (šutiti) (1586, 1644)
    • Russian: шути́ть (šutítʹ); шути́ти (šutíti) (obsolete)
      • ⇒ Russian: шутли́вый (šutlívyj)
  • Ukrainian: шу́тити (šútyty) (dialectal)
• South Slavic:
  • ⇒ Church Slavonic: шоутьливъ (šutĭlivŭ) (Russian recension)
  • Bulgarian: вшутя̀ pf (všutjà), вшутя́вам impf (všutjávam) (dialectal)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: šutiti (obsolete)

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1973) “шут”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volumes 4 (Т – Ящур), Moscow: Progress, page 491
• Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “шутить”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volumes 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 429
• Shaposhnikov, A. K. (2010) “шутить; шутка; шутливый”, in Этимологический словарь современного русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Contemporary Russian Language] (in Russian), volumes 2: (Начать – Я), Moscow: Flinta; Nauka, →ISBN, page 551