Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/tьlknǫti

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 *telťi +‎ *-nǫti.

Verb

*tьlknǫti pf (imperfective *telťi)

1. to push, to thrust

Conjugation

Conjugation of *tьlknǫti, *tьlknǫ, *tьlknetь (perf., tr., -n-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*tьlknovenьje	*tьlknǫti	*tьlknǫtъ	*tьlknǫlъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*tьlknovenъ	—
Active	*tьlknǫvъ	—

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*tьlknǫxъ	*tьlknǫ	*tьlknǫ	*tьlknǫ	*tьlkneši	*tьlknetь
Dual	*tьlknǫxově	*tьlknǫsta	*tьlknǫste	*tьlknevě	*tьlkneta	*tьlknete
Plural	*tьlknǫxomъ	*tьlknǫste	*tьlknǫšę	*tьlknemъ	*tьlknete	*tьlknǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	—	—	—	—	*tьlkni	*tьlkni
Dual	—	—	—	*tьlkněvě	*tьlkněta	—
Plural	—	—	—	*tьlkněmъ	*tьlkněte	—

Notes:
• In perfective verbs, present expresses future

Related terms

• *telťi (“to pound”) (sę)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: тълкнути (tŭlknuti)
    • Russian: толкну́ть (tolknútʹ)
    • Ukrainian: товкону́ти (tovkonúty)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: тлъкнѫти (tlŭknǫti)

    Glagolitic script: ⱅⰾⱏⰽⱀⱘⱅⰻ (tlŭknǫti)

  • Bulgarian: тлъкна (tlǎkna, “to propel”) (obsolete)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: ту̏кнути

    Latin script: tȕknuti

References

• Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “толкать”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 248