Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/sěděti

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 *sēdḗˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *sed-éh₁-ye-ti, from *sed- by Winter's law, or directly from the lengthened Narten root *sḗd-. Cognate with Latvian sēdēt, Lithuanian sėdėti.

Verb

*sědě̀ti impf^[1]^[2]

to sit, to be sitting

Conjugation

Conjugation of *sěděti, *sědě, *sěditь (impf., intr., -ě/i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm c)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*sěděnьje	*sěděti	*sědětъ	*sědělъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	—	—
Active	*sěděvъ	*sědę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*sěděxъ	*sědě	*sědě	*sěďǫ	*sědiši	*sěditь
Dual	*sěděxově	*sěděsta	*sěděste	*sědivě	*sědita	*sědite
Plural	*sěděxomъ	*sěděste	*sěděšę	*sědimъ	*sědite	*sědętь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*sěděaxъ	*sěděaše	*sěděaše	—	*sědi	*sědi
Dual	*sěděaxově	*sěděašeta	*sěděašete	*sědivě	*sědita	—
Plural	*sěděaxomъ	*sěděašete	*sěděaxǫ	*sědimъ	*sědite	—

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: сѣдѣти (sěděti)
  - Belarusian: сядзе́ць (sjadzjécʹ)
  - Russian: сиде́ть (sidétʹ)
  - Ukrainian: сиді́ти (sydíty)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Old Cyrillic script: сѣдѣти (sěděti)
  
  Glagolitic script: ⱄⱑⰴⱑⱅⰻ (sěděti)
- Bulgarian: седя́ (sedjá)
- Macedonian: се́ди (sédi)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: сѐдети, сјѐдјети/сјѐдити
  
  Latin: sèdeti, sjèdjeti/sjèditi
- Slovene: sedẹ́ti (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: sěděti
  - Czech: sedět
- Old Polish: siedzieć
  - Polish: siedzieć, siedzić (Near Masovian)
  - Silesian: siedzieć
- Old Slovak: sedieť
  - Pannonian Rusyn: шедзиц (šedzic)
  - Slovak: sedieť
- Pomeranian:
  - Kashubian: sedzec
  - Slovincian: sêdzec
- Sorbian:
  - Upper Sorbian: sedźeć
  - Lower Sorbian: sejźeś

References

^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*sědě̀ti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 445: “v. ‘sit’”
^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “sěděti: sědjǫ sěditь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎^[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c sidde (PR 139)”

[1] Derksen, Rick (2008) “*sědě̀ti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 445: “v. ‘sit’”

[2] Olander, Thomas (2001) “sěděti: sědjǫ sěditь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎^[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c sidde (PR 139)”

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