Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/šiti

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 *sjū́ˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *syewh₁-, an enlargement of *seh₂y- (“to bind, to link”).

Verb

*šìti impf^[1]^[2]^[3]

to sew, to embroider
Synonym: *vęzti

Conjugation

Conjugation of *šiti, *ši, *šijetь (impf., -V-, s-aorist, accent paradigm a)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*šitьje	*šiti	*šitъ	*šilъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*šitъ	*šijemъ
Active	*šivъ	*šiję

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*šixъ	*ši	*ši	*šijǫ	*šiješi	*šijetь
Dual	*šixově	*šista	*šiste	*šijevě	*šijeta	*šijete
Plural	*šixomъ	*šiste	*šišę	*šijemъ	*šijete	*šijǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*šijaaxъ	*šijaaše	*šijaaše	—	*šiji	*šiji
Dual	*šijaaxově	*šijaašeta	*šijaašete	*šijivě	*šijita	—
Plural	*šijaaxomъ	*šijaašete	*šijaaxǫ	*šijimъ	*šijite	—

Derived terms

*šijati, *šivati (intensive, factative)
*šьvъ (“stitch”)
- *šьvьnъ (“sewing”)
- *podъšьva (“soil”)
*šьja (“neck, cervix”)
*šьvьcь (“seamster, tailor”) (agent noun)
*šidlo (“awl”) (tool noun)

Related terms

*sětь (“snare, net”)

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: ши́ти (šíti)
  - Belarusian: шыць (šycʹ)
  - Russian: шить (šitʹ)
  - Ukrainian: ши́ти (šýty)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic: шити (šiti)
- Bulgarian: ши́я (šíja)
- Macedonian: ши́е (šíe)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: ши̏ти
  
  Latin script: šȉti
- Slovene: šíti (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: šíti
  - Czech: šít
- Kashubian: szëc
- Polabian: sait
- Polish: szyć
- Slovak: šiť
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: šyś
  - Upper Sorbian: šić

References

^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*šìti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 487
^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “šiti: šijǫ šijetь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎^[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a (SA 204, 246; MP 23, 27); b? PR 133”
^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “šiti”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “Pslovan. *s'i̋ti, sed. *s'i̋jǫ in *s'ь̏jǫ”

[1] Derksen, Rick (2008) “*šìti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 487

[2] Olander, Thomas (2001) “šiti: šijǫ šijetь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎^[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a (SA 204, 246; MP 23, 27); b? PR 133”

[3] Snoj, Marko (2016) “šiti”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “Pslovan. *s'i̋ti, sed. *s'i̋jǫ in *s'ь̏jǫ”

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