Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/svistati

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

Possibly, from Proto-Indo-European *sweysd- (“to hiss”), of imitative origin.

Verb

*svistati

1. to whistle, to swish

Inflection

Conjugation of *svistati, *svista, *svisťetь (?, -a/j-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*svistanьje	*svistati	*svistatъ	*svistalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*svistanъ	*svisťemъ
Active	*svistavъ	*svisťę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*svistaxъ	*svista	*svista	*svisťǫ	*svisťeši	*svisťetь
Dual	*svistaxově	*svistasta	*svistaste	*svisťevě	*svisťeta	*svisťete
Plural	*svistaxomъ	*svistaste	*svistašę	*svisťemъ	*svisťete	*svisťǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*svistaaxъ	*svistaaše	*svistaaše	—	*svisťi	*svisťi
Dual	*svistaaxově	*svistaašeta	*svistaašete	*svisťivě	*svisťita	—
Plural	*svistaaxomъ	*svistaašete	*svistaaxǫ	*svisťimъ	*svisťite	—

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: свистати (svistati)
    • Belarusian: свістаць (svistacʹ)
    • Russian: свиста́ть (svistátʹ)
    • Ukrainian: свиста́ти (svystáty)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: свистати (svistati)

• West Slavic:
  • Czech: svistat
  • Kashubian: szwistac
  • Polish: świstać
  • Slovak: svištať

References

Further reading

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