Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/snuti

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-Balto-Slavic *snauˀ-, from Proto-Indo-European *snewH-. Cognate with Proto-Germanic *snewaną (whence Gothic 𐍃𐌽𐌹𐍅𐌰𐌽 (sniwan, “to hurry”), Old Norse snúa (“to wind, to twist, to warp”)) and akin to Latvian snaujis (“noose”).

Verb

*snùti^[1]^[2]^[3]

to warp (yarn, thread)

Inflection

Conjugation of *snuti, *snu, *snovetь (?, -V/C-, s-aorist, accent paradigm c)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*snutьje	*snuti	*snutъ	*snulъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*snutъ	*snovomъ
Active	*snuvъ	*snovy

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*snuxъ	*snu	*snu	*snovǫ	*snoveši	*snovetь
Dual	*snuxově	*snusta	*snuste	*snovevě	*snoveta	*snovete
Plural	*snuxomъ	*snuste	*snušę	*snovemъ	*snovete	*snovǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*snověaxъ	*snověaše	*snověaše	—	*snovi	*snovi
Dual	*snověaxově	*snověašeta	*snověašete	*snověvě	*snověta	—
Plural	*snověaxomъ	*snověašete	*snověaxǫ	*snověmъ	*snověte	—

Alternative forms

*snovàti

Related terms

*osnòvā (“base, foundation”)

Descendants

Church Slavonic: сноути (snuti) (Russian)

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: сновати (snovati)
  - Belarusian: снава́ць (snavácʹ)
  - Russian: снова́ть (snovátʹ)
  - Ukrainian: снува́ти (snuváty), снова́ти (snováty), сну́ти (snúty)
South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: снова́ (snová)
- Macedonian: снове (snove)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: сно̀вати
  
  Latin script: snòvati
- Slovene: snúti, snováti (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: snúti
  - Czech: snout, snovat
- Kashubian: snëc, snovac
- Old Polish: snować
  - Polish: snuć
- Slovak: snovať, snuť
- Sorbian:
  - Upper Sorbian: snować
  - Lower Sorbian: snowaś, snuś

References

^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*snuti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 457: “v. ‘warp’”
^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “snuti: snovǫ snovetь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎^[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c (SA 204, 206, 238)”
^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “snúti”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “*snűti”

[1] Derksen, Rick (2008) “*snuti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 457: “v. ‘warp’”

[2] Olander, Thomas (2001) “snuti: snovǫ snovetь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎^[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c (SA 204, 206, 238)”

[3] Snoj, Marko (2016) “snúti”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “*snűti”

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