Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/traviti

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

Per Derksen, a denominative verb derived from *trāvà (“grass”).
According to Pokorny, from Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- (“to rub”).^[1] This is supported by Vasmer, citing it as cognate with Ancient Greek τρώω (trṓō, “to hurt”), τιτρώσκω (titrṓskō, “to hurt”), τρῡ́ω (trū́ō, “to destroy, to exhaust”), Old High German drawa (“threat”), drōа (“threat”), Old English þrēа (“threat, punishment”). More distantly related to Proto-Slavic *terti (“to rub”), as well as *trāvà (“grass”).
Per Trubachev, *trāvìti is the causative of *truti (“to feed? to consume? to poison?”), and *trāvà is derived from the verb, not the other way around.

Verb

*trāvìti^[2]^[3]

to poison?
to feed with grass?
to consume?

Inflection

Conjugation of *traviti, *travi, *travitь (?, -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm b)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*travľenьje	*traviti	*travitъ	*travilъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*travľenъ	*travimъ
Active	*travľь	*travę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*travixъ	*travi	*travi	*travľǫ	*traviši	*travitь
Dual	*travixově	*travista	*traviste	*travivě	*travita	*travite
Plural	*travixomъ	*traviste	*travišę	*travimъ	*travite	*travętь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*travľaaxъ	*travľaaše	*travľaaše	—	*travi	*travi
Dual	*travľaaxově	*travľaašeta	*travľaašete	*travivě	*travita	—
Plural	*travľaaxomъ	*travľaašete	*travľaaxǫ	*travimъ	*travite	—

(*)*travivъ is a later doublet of the past active participle

Related terms

*trāvà (“grass”)
*trě̄và (“grass”)
*trovati (“to poison”)
*truti (“to feed? to consume? to poison?”)
*tryti (“to rub”)

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Belarusian: траві́ць (travícʹ)
- Russian: трави́ть (travítʹ)
- Ukrainian: трави́ти (travýty)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Cyrillic: травѧщиима (travęštiima, masc. dat. pl. pres. act. part.) (erroneous form, should be травѧщиимъ (travęštiimŭ))
  
  Glagolitic: [Term?]
- Bulgarian: тро́вя (tróvja)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: тра́вити
  
  Latin script: tráviti
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: tráviti
  - Czech: trávit
- Old Polish: trawić
  - Polish: trawić
  - Silesian: trŏwić
- Pomeranian:
  - Kashubian: trawic
  - Slovincian: trawjic
- Slovak: tráviť

References

^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “1071-74”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 1071-74
^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*trāvìti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 496: “v. (b)”
^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “traviti: travjǫ travitь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎^[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b ødelægge, jage (PR 137)”

[1] Pokorny, Julius (1959) “1071-74”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 1071-74

[2] Derksen, Rick (2008) “*trāvìti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 496: “v. (b)”

[3] Olander, Thomas (2001) “traviti: travjǫ travitь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎^[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b ødelægge, jage (PR 137)”

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