Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/skytati
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Proto-Slavic
[edit]Etymology
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Cognate with Lithuanian kutė́ti (“to shake”), Proto-Germanic *skundijaną (“to accelerate”). Probably from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewt- (“to shake, rattle”).
Verb
[edit]*skytati (sę)
Inflection
[edit]Conjugation of *skytati, *skyta, *skytajetь (impf., -a-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)
| Verbal noun | Infinitive | Supine | L-participle |
|---|---|---|---|
| *skytanьje | *skytati | *skytatъ | *skytalъ |
| Participles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tense | Past | Present |
| Passive | *skytanъ | *skytajemъ |
| Active | *skytavъ | *skytaję |
| Aorist | Present | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *skytaxъ | *skyta | *skyta | *skytajǫ | *skytaješi | *skytajetь |
| Dual | *skytaxově | *skytasta | *skytaste | *skytajevě | *skytajeta | *skytajete |
| Plural | *skytaxomъ | *skytaste | *skytašę | *skytajemъ | *skytajete | *skytajǫtь |
| Imperfect | Imperative | |||||
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *skytaaxъ | *skytaaše | *skytaaše | — | *skytaji | *skytaji |
| Dual | *skytaaxově | *skytaašeta | *skytaašete | *skytajivě | *skytajita | — |
| Plural | *skytaaxomъ | *skytaašete | *skytaaxǫ | *skytajimъ | *skytajite | — |
Descendants
[edit]- East Slavic
- Old East Slavic: скꙑтати сѧ (skytati sę)
- Russian: скита́ться (skitátʹsja)
- Ukrainian: скита́тися (skytátysja)
- Old East Slavic: скꙑтати сѧ (skytati sę)
- South Slavic
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Serbian Church Slavonic: скꙑтати сѧ (skytati sę)
- Bulgarian: ски́там (skítam)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Slovene: skítati sе (tonal orthography)
- Old Church Slavonic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
[edit]- Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (2002), “скитам”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 6 (пỳскам – словàр²), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 752
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “скитаться”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress