Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/valiti

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 *valъ +‎ *-iti. Compare Latin volvō.

Verb

*valiti

1. to fall
2. to tumble

Inflection

Conjugation of *valiti, *vali, *valitь (?, -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*vaľenьje	*valiti	*valitъ	*valilъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*vaľenъ	*valimъ
Active	*vaľь	*valę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*valixъ	*vali	*vali	*vaľǫ	*vališi	*valitь
Dual	*valixově	*valista	*valiste	*valivě	*valita	*valite
Plural	*valixomъ	*valiste	*vališę	*valimъ	*valite	*valętь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*vaľaaxъ	*vaľaaše	*vaľaaše	—	*vali	*vali
Dual	*vaľaaxově	*vaľaašeta	*vaľaašete	*valivě	*valita	—
Plural	*vaľaaxomъ	*vaľaašete	*vaľaaxǫ	*valimъ	*valite	—

Notes:
• (*)*valivъ is a later doublet of the past active participle

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: валити (valiti)
    • Belarusian: валіць (valicʹ)
    • Russian: вали́ть (valítʹ)
    • Ukrainian: вали́ти (valýty)
• South Slavic
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: валити сѩ (valiti sję)

  • Bulgarian: валя́ (valjá)
  • Slovene: valíti (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic
  • Czech: valit
  • Kashubian: walëc
  • Polish: walić
  • Slovak: valiť

Further reading

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