Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/-iti

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

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *-īˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti.

Suffix

*-iti

1. Deverbal, iterative

   *laziti (“to crawl, creep”) ← *lě̀zti (“to crawl, climb”)

   *nositi (“to carry, bear”) ← *nesti (“to carry, bring”)

   *voziti (“cart, lead, convey”) ← *vezti (“cart, lead, convey”)

   *voditi (“to lead, conduct”) ← *vesti (“to lead, conduct”)

2. Deverbal, causative

   *blǫditi (“to mislead, deceive”) ← *blęsti (“to err”)

   *ložiti (“to lay”) ← *leťi (“to lie down”), *ležati (“to lie”)

   *pojiti (“to water, give to drink”) ← *piti (“to drink”)

   *saditi (“to plant, set”) ← *sěsti (“to sit down”), *sěděti (“to sit”)

   *staviti (“to place, put”) ← *stati (“to stand, become”), *stojati (“to stand”)

3. Deadjectival

   *čistiti (“to clean”) ← *čistъ (“clean”)

   *běliti (“to whiten, to bleach”) ← *bělъ (“white”)

   *cěliti ← *cělъ

4. Denominal

   *kъrmiti ← *kъrmъ

   *mьstiti ← *mьstь

   *miriti ← *mirъ

See also

• *-ti, *-ěti, *-ati, *-ovati
• *-itъ, *-iťь

Derived terms

Proto-Slavic terms suffixed with *-iti

• *-ja
• *-ivъ, *-ivo

References

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*blǫditi”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 125
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1987), “*laziti”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 14 (*labati – *lěteplъjь), Moscow: Nauka, page 64
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1990), “*ložiti”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 16 (*lokadlo – *lъživьcь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 127
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1999), “*nositi”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 25 (*neroditi – *novotьnъ(jь)), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 206