Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/letěti

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

Formed as *letъ (“flight”) +‎ *-ěti from Proto-Balto-Slavic *lekt-, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lek-. Akin to Lithuanian lė̃kti (“to fly”), 3sg. lẽkia, Latvian lèkt (“to jump, (rarely) to fly”), 3sg. lec, Ancient Greek ληκάω (lēkáō, “to dance to music”), Middle High German lecken (“to hop”).

Verb

*letě̀ti impf^[1]^[2]^[3]

to fly

Conjugation

Conjugation of *letěti, *letě, *letitь (impf., intr., -ě/i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm c)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*letěnьje	*letěti	*letětъ	*letělъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	—	—
Active	*letěvъ	*letę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*letěxъ	*letě	*letě	*leťǫ	*letiši	*letitь
Dual	*letěxově	*letěsta	*letěste	*letivě	*letita	*letite
Plural	*letěxomъ	*letěste	*letěšę	*letimъ	*letite	*letętь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*letěaxъ	*letěaše	*letěaše	—	*leti	*leti
Dual	*letěaxově	*letěašeta	*letěašete	*letivě	*letita	—
Plural	*letěaxomъ	*letěašete	*letěaxǫ	*letimъ	*letite	—

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Belarusian: ляце́ць (ljacjécʹ)
- Russian: лете́ть (letétʹ)
- Ukrainian: леті́ти (letíty)
- Carpathian Rusyn: литїти (lytjity)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Cyrillic: летѣти (letěti)
- Bulgarian: летя́ (letjá)
- Macedonian: лета (leta)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: лѐтети, лѐтјети
  
  Latin: lèteti, lètjeti
- Slovene: letẹ́ti (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: letěti
  - Czech: letět
- Kashubian: lecec
- Polish: lecieć
- Slovak: letieť
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: leśeś
  - Upper Sorbian: lećeć

References

^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*letěti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 271: “v. (c) ‘fly’”
^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “letěti: letjǫ letitь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎^[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c flyve (PR 139)”
^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “letẹ́ti”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “*letě̋ti”

[1] Derksen, Rick (2008) “*letěti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 271: “v. (c) ‘fly’”

[2] Olander, Thomas (2001) “letěti: letjǫ letitь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎^[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c flyve (PR 139)”

[3] Snoj, Marko (2016) “letẹ́ti”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “*letě̋ti”

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