Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/uti

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

Attested in derivatives. Formally reflects Proto-Balto-Slavic *áutei, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ew-. Cognate with Lithuanian aũti, Latvian àut.

Verb

*ùti pf (imperfective *uvati)

1. to put on (footwear)

Conjugation

Conjugation of *uti, *u, *ujetь (perf., -V-, s-aorist, accent paradigm a)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*utьje	*uti	*utъ	*ulъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*utъ	—
Active	*uvъ	—

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*uxъ	*u	*u	*ujǫ	*uješi	*ujetь
Dual	*uxově	*usta	*uste	*ujevě	*ujeta	*ujete
Plural	*uxomъ	*uste	*ušę	*ujemъ	*ujete	*ujǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	—	—	—	—	*uji	*uji
Dual	—	—	—	*ujivě	*ujita	—
Plural	—	—	—	*ujimъ	*ujite	—

Notes:
• In perfective verbs, present expresses future

Derived terms

• *jьzuti, *orzuti (“to take off (footwear)”)
• *obuti (“to put on (footwear)”)

Related terms

• *uťa (“footwear”)
  • *obuťa
  • *onuťa
  • *navuťa (with a prothetic v, for a similar change compare *navykъ)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Russian: -у́ть (-útʹ)

Further reading

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1980), “*jьzuti (sę)”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 7 (*golvačь – *gyžati), Moscow: Nauka, page 87
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (2003), “*obuti (sę)”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 30 (*obsojьnikъ – *obvedьnъjь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 246
• Zhuravlyov, A. F., editor (2009), “*orzuti (sę)”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 35 (*orzstegati (sę) – *orzъјьti (sę)), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 143