Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/sętь

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

Alternative forms

• *sǫtь

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic [Term?], from Proto-Indo-European *h₁sénti, verb form of *h₁ésti.

Cognate with Sanskrit सन्ति (sánti), Ancient Greek εἰσί (eisí), Doric Greek ἐντί (entí), Umbrian sent, Oscan set, Old Irish it, Proto-Germanic *sindi.

Verb

*sętь

1. third-person plural present of *byti

Descendants

• Church Slavonic: сѧтъ (sętŭ)

• South Slavic:
  • Macedonian: сет (set), ?се (se)
• West Slavic:
  • Slovak: sa

Further reading

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