Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/sъkati

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-Indo-European *suk-é-ti, from *sewk-. Cognate with Lithuanian sùkti (“to twist”), Proto-Germanic *swanhaną (“to swing”) (whence English sway, Dutch zwaaien (“to sway, wave”)).

Verb

*sъkati

1. to spin, to twist

Conjugation

Conjugation of *sъkati, *sъka, *sъčetь (impf., -a/C-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*sъkanьje	*sъkati	*sъkatъ	*sъkalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*sъkanъ	*sъkomъ
Active	*sъkavъ	*sъky

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*sъkaxъ	*sъka	*sъka	*sъkǫ	*sъčeši	*sъčetь
Dual	*sъkaxově	*sъkasta	*sъkaste	*sъčevě	*sъčeta	*sъčete
Plural	*sъkaxomъ	*sъkaste	*sъkašę	*sъčemъ	*sъčete	*sъkǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*sъkaaxъ	*sъkaaše	*sъkaaše	—	*sъci	*sъci
Dual	*sъkaaxově	*sъkaašeta	*sъkaašete	*sъcěvě	*sъcěta	—
Plural	*sъkaaxomъ	*sъkaašete	*sъkaaxǫ	*sъcěmъ	*sъcěte	—

Related terms

• *sučiti
• *sukati

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: съкати (sŭkati)
    • Russian: скать (skatʹ)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: skáti

Further reading

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