Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/slěditi

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 *slědъ +‎ *-iti.

Verb

*slěditi

1. to track, to follow

Inflection

Conjugation of *slěditi, *slědi, *slěditь (?, -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*slěďenьje	*slěditi	*slěditъ	*slědilъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*slěďenъ	*slědimъ
Active	*slěďь	*slědę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*slědixъ	*slědi	*slědi	*slěďǫ	*slědiši	*slěditь
Dual	*slědixově	*slědista	*slědiste	*slědivě	*slědita	*slědite
Plural	*slědixomъ	*slědiste	*slědišę	*slědimъ	*slědite	*slědętь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*slěďaaxъ	*slěďaaše	*slěďaaše	—	*slědi	*slědi
Dual	*slěďaaxově	*slěďaašeta	*slěďaašete	*slědivě	*slědita	—
Plural	*slěďaaxomъ	*slěďaašete	*slěďaaxǫ	*slědimъ	*slědite	—

Notes:
• (*)*slědivъ is a later doublet of the past active participle

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Russian: следи́ть (sledítʹ)
  • Ukrainian: слiди́ти (slidýty)
• South Slavic
  • Bulgarian: следя́ (sledjá)
  • Macedonian: следи (sledi)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: сле́дити, слије́дити, слидити

    Latin script: sléditi, slijéditi, sliditi

  • Slovene: sledīti (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic
  • Czech: slídit
  • Polish: śledzić
  • Slovak: sliediť
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: slědzić
    • Lower Sorbian: slěźiś

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “след”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress