ai̯t

Polabian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *jьti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *eitei, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁éyti (“to go”).

Verb

ai̯t impf (perfective püdĕ, indeterminate χ́üdĕt)

1. (intransitive) to go

   ai̯t dånau̯ ― to enter

   ai̯dĕ dånau̯ ― (he) goes in

   ai̯dĕ del ― (he) goes away

   ai̯dĕ vånai̯ ― (he) goes out

   ai̯dĕ vånau̯̯ ― (he) goes out

   ai̯dĕ våkårst ― (he) walks around

   ai̯di-să ― he is getting along

   ai̯dai̯-să ― may you get along!

   • 1711, Johann Friedrich Pfeffinger, Vocabulaire Vandale:

     Ja, jo-că ai̯t vå vågărd

     Yes, I want to go to the garden

   • 1711, Johann Friedrich Pfeffinger, Vocabulaire Vandale:

     Jo cą ai̯t kå büzĕ dai̯sko

     I want to go to Holy Communion

Declension

• (first-person singular present): ai̯dą
• (third-person singular present): ai̯dĕ
• (second-person singular imperative): ai̯d
• (third-person singular imperative): ai̯d

References

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Lehr-Spławiński, T., Polański, K. (1962) “ai̯t”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka Drzewian połabskich [Etymological Dictionary of the Polabian Drevani Language] (in Polish), number 1 (A – ďüzd), Wrocław, Warszawa etc.: Ossolineum, page 12

• Polański, Kazimierz, James Allen Sehnert (1967) “ait”, in Polabian-English Dictionary, The Hague, Paris: Mouton & Co, page 34