Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/klěščiti

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 *klěšča +‎ *-iti.

Verb

*klěščiti

1. to squeeze?

Conjugation

Conjugation of *klěščiti, *klěšči, *klěščitь (?, -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm b)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*klěščenьje	*klěščiti	*klěščitъ	*klěščilъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*klěščenъ	*klěščimъ
Active	*klěščь	*klěščę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*klěščixъ	*klěšči	*klěšči	*klěščǫ	*klěščiši	*klěščitь
Dual	*klěščixově	*klěščista	*klěščiste	*klěščivě	*klěščita	*klěščite
Plural	*klěščixomъ	*klěščiste	*klěščišę	*klěščimъ	*klěščite	*klěščętь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*klěščaaxъ	*klěščaaše	*klěščaaše	—	*klěšči	*klěšči
Dual	*klěščaaxově	*klěščaašeta	*klěščaašete	*klěščivě	*klěščita	—
Plural	*klěščaaxomъ	*klěščaašete	*klěščaaxǫ	*klěščimъ	*klěščite	—

Notes:
• (*)*klěščivъ is a later doublet of the past active participle

Alternative forms

• *klěstiti

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: клѣщити (klěščiti), клещити (kleščiti)
    • Old Ruthenian:
      • Belarusian: кле́шчыць (kljéščycʹ)
      • Ukrainian:
    • Russian: клещи́ть (kleščítʹ)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:
  • Bulgarian:
  • Macedonian:
  • Serbo-Croatian:
    • unspecified script:
    • Latin script: klijèštiti
  • Slovene: kléstiti
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: klestiti
    • Czech: klestit
  • Polish: kleścić, kleszczyć
  • Pomeranian:
    • Kashubian: klészczëc
  • Slovak: klieštiť

Further reading

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1983), “*klěščiti”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 10 (*klepačь – *konь), Moscow: Nauka, page 20