Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/trěskati

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 *trěskъ +‎ *-ati. Akin to Lithuanian traškė́ti, treškė́ti.

Verb

*trěskati impf (perfective *trěsnǫti)

1. (transitive) to bang, to slam

   Synonym: *telťi

Inflection

Conjugation of *trěskati, *trěska, *trěskajetь (?, -a-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*trěskanьje	*trěskati	*trěskatъ	*trěskalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*trěskanъ	*trěskajemъ
Active	*trěskavъ	*trěskaję

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*trěskaxъ	*trěska	*trěska	*trěskajǫ	*trěskaješi	*trěskajetь
Dual	*trěskaxově	*trěskasta	*trěskaste	*trěskajevě	*trěskajeta	*trěskajete
Plural	*trěskaxomъ	*trěskaste	*trěskašę	*trěskajemъ	*trěskajete	*trěskajǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*trěskaaxъ	*trěskaaše	*trěskaaše	—	*trěskaji	*trěskaji
Dual	*trěskaaxově	*trěskaašeta	*trěskaašete	*trěskajivě	*trěskajita	—
Plural	*trěskaaxomъ	*trěskaašete	*trěskaaxǫ	*trěskajimъ	*trěskajite	—

Related terms

nouns

• *trěskъ
• *troska

 

verb

• *trěščati

 

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: тре́скаць (trjéskacʹ)
  • Russian: тре́скаться (tréskatʹsja)
  • Ukrainian: трі́скати (trískaty)
• South Slavic
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: трѣскати (trěskati)

    Glagolitic script: ⱅⱃⱑⱄⰽⰰⱅⰻ (trěskati)

  • Bulgarian: тря́скам (trjáskam)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: тре̏скати

    Latin: trȅskati

  • Slovene: trẹ́skati (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic
  • Old Czech: třeskati
    • Czech: třeskat
  • Old Polish: trzaskać
    • Polish: trzaskać
  • Slovak: trieskať
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: třěskać

Further reading

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