Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/grędnǫti

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

Alternative reconstructions

• *grьmnǫti, *gręnǫti

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Possibly an inchoative of *gręsti (“to approach, to step forwards”) +‎ *-nǫti. Vasmer draws comparison with Latin aggredior (“to aggress”).

Verb

*grędnǫti

1. to break out, to burst out

Inflection

Conjugation of *grędnǫti, *grędnǫ, *grędnetь (?, -n-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*grędnovenьje	*grędnǫti	*grędnǫtъ	*grędnǫlъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*grędnovenъ	*grędnomъ
Active	*grędnǫvъ	*grędny

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*grędnǫxъ	*grędnǫ	*grędnǫ	*grędnǫ	*grędneši	*grędnetь
Dual	*grędnǫxově	*grędnǫsta	*grędnǫste	*grędnevě	*grędneta	*grędnete
Plural	*grędnǫxomъ	*grędnǫste	*grędnǫšę	*grędnemъ	*grędnete	*grędnǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*grędněaxъ	*grędněaše	*grędněaše	—	*grędni	*grędni
Dual	*grędněaxově	*grędněašeta	*grędněašete	*grędněvě	*grędněta	—
Plural	*grędněaxomъ	*grędněašete	*grędněaxǫ	*grędněmъ	*grędněte	—

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: грѧнꙋти (gręnuti)
    • Russian: гря́нуть (grjánutʹ)
    • Ukrainian: гря́нути (hrjánuty)
• South Slavic:
  • >? Slovene: greníti (“to rot”) (more likely an iterative from *grěnь)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: hřanúti, hřenúti

Further reading

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