Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/povinǫti

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

An affixed derivative of an otherwise-unattested *vinǫti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *wī́ˀtei (“to drive away, chase, pursue”).

Verb

*povinǫti pf (imperfective *povinovati)

1. to subordinate, subdue

Inflection

Conjugation of *povinǫti, *povinǫ, *povinetь (perf., -n-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*povinovenьje	*povinǫti	*povinǫtъ	*povinǫlъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*povinovenъ	—
Active	*povinǫvъ	—

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*povinǫxъ	*povinǫ	*povinǫ	*povinǫ	*povineši	*povinetь
Dual	*povinǫxově	*povinǫsta	*povinǫste	*povinevě	*povineta	*povinete
Plural	*povinǫxomъ	*povinǫste	*povinǫšę	*povinemъ	*povinete	*povinǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	—	—	—	—	*povini	*povini
Dual	—	—	—	*poviněvě	*poviněta	—
Plural	—	—	—	*poviněmъ	*poviněte	—

Notes:
• In perfective verbs, present expresses future

Related terms

• *vojь

Descendants

• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic: повинѫти (povinǫti)

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “повиноваться”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress