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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/padati

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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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From *pàsti (to fall) +‎ *-ati. Per Derksen, an example of Winter's law.

Verb

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*pàdati impf (perfective *padnǫti)[1]

  1. to fall, to topple down
  2. to encounter, to stumble across

Inflection

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Alternative forms

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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Further reading

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References

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  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*pàdati”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 389:v. (a) ‘fall’