Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/gatati

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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

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Etymology

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Traditionally linked to Proto-Indo-Iranian *gaHtʰás (hymn), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *g⁽ʷ⁾eh₃- (to call, to sing) +‎ *-th₂ós, verbalized with native *-ati. Alternative interpretations suggest descent from *gʷet- (to talk)[1] (whence Proto-Germanic *kweþaną (to say)).

Verb

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*gatàti impf[1]

  1. to tell, to recite, to narrate (Northern Slavic)
  2. to guess, to conjecture (South Slavic)
    Synonym: *gadati
  3. (by extension) to tell fortunes (South Slavic)
    Synonyms: *perdъsъkazati, *vьračiti

Inflection

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Derived terms

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  • *ganati (to utter, to talk)
  • *gadati (to guess)
  • *gavъ (caw, bark), *gajь (squeak), *gakъ (croak) (onomatopoeiae from the same root)

Descendants

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  • East Slavic:
    • Middle Russian: гатити (gatiti, to invigorate, to speak excitedly) (causative)
    • Russian: гатать (gatatʹ, to speak crypticly) (dialectal)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

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References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Derksen, Rick (2008) “*gatàti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 161:v.