Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/goněti

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 *ganētei. Cognate with Lithuanian ganėti (“to suffice”). Perhaps derived from an earlier adverb Proto-Balto-Slavic *ganāˀ (“enough”) +‎ *-ěti, whence Lithuanian ganà (“enough, rather”). Further origin uncertain (possibly from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰen- (“to strike”)).

Verb

*goně̀ti impf

1. (South Slavic, intransitive) to suffice, to be enough

Inflection

Conjugation of *goněti, *goně, *gonějetь (impf., -ě-, s-aorist, accent paradigm a)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*goněnьje	*goněti	*gonětъ	*gonělъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*goněnъ	*gonějemъ
Active	*goněvъ	*goněję

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*goněxъ	*goně	*goně	*gonějǫ	*goněješi	*gonějetь
Dual	*goněxově	*goněsta	*goněste	*gonějevě	*gonějeta	*gonějete
Plural	*goněxomъ	*goněste	*goněšę	*gonějemъ	*gonějete	*gonějǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*goněaxъ	*goněaše	*goněaše	—	*goněji	*goněji
Dual	*goněaxově	*goněašeta	*goněašete	*gonějivě	*gonějita	—
Plural	*goněaxomъ	*goněašete	*goněaxǫ	*gonějimъ	*gonějite	—

Descendants

• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: гонѣти (goněti)

    Glagolitic script: ⰳⱁⱀⱑⱅⰺ (goněti)

    • → Old East Slavic: гонѣти (goněti)

Further reading

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1980), “*goněti”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 7 (*golvačь – *gyžati), Moscow: Nauka, page 22
• Anikin, A. E. (2017) “гонѣти”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), issue 11 (глюки – грайка), Moscow: Nestor-Historia, →ISBN, page 199
• “gana”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012