Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/visěti

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

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Verb

*visěti

1. to hang
2. to be suspended

Conjugation

Conjugation of *visěti, *visě, *visitь (?, -ě/i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*visěnьje	*visěti	*visětъ	*visělъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*visěnъ	*visimъ
Active	*visěvъ	*visę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*visěxъ	*visě	*visě	*višǫ	*visiši	*visitь
Dual	*visěxově	*visěsta	*visěste	*visivě	*visita	*visite
Plural	*visěxomъ	*visěste	*visěšę	*visimъ	*visite	*visętь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*visěaxъ	*visěaše	*visěaše	—	*visi	*visi
Dual	*visěaxově	*visěašeta	*visěašete	*visivě	*visita	—
Plural	*visěaxomъ	*visěašete	*visěaxǫ	*visimъ	*visite	—

Related terms

• *věsiti
• *věsъ, *věsa

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: висѣти (visěti)
    • Old Ruthenian: висѣти (visěti), висꙗ́ти (visjáti)
      • Belarusian: вісе́ць (visjécʹ)
      • Ukrainian: ви́сіти (výsity), висі́ти (vysíty)
    • Russian: висе́ть (visétʹ)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: висѣти (visěti)

    Glagolitic script: ⰲⰻⱄⱑⱅⰻ (visěti)

  • Bulgarian: вися́ (visjá)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: ви̏сjети

    Latin script: vȉsjeti

  • Slovene: viséti (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: viset
  • Polish: wisieć
  • Slovak: visieť
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: wisać
    • Lower Sorbian: wisaś

References

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