Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/volžiti

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 Proto-Balto-Slavic *wálˀgīˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *wolg-éyeti, from *welg- (“moist; wet”). Cognate with Lithuanian válgyti, Latvian val̃g̒ît.

Verb

*volžiti^[1]^[2]

wet, moisten

Inflection

Conjugation of *volžiti, *volži, *volžitь (?, -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*volženьje	*volžiti	*volžitъ	*volžilъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*volženъ	*volžimъ
Active	*volžь	*volžę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*volžixъ	*volži	*volži	*volžǫ	*volžiši	*volžitь
Dual	*volžixově	*volžista	*volžiste	*volživě	*volžita	*volžite
Plural	*volžixomъ	*volžiste	*volžišę	*volžimъ	*volžite	*volžętь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*volžaaxъ	*volžaaše	*volžaaše	—	*volži	*volži
Dual	*volžaaxově	*volžaašeta	*volžaašete	*volživě	*volžita	—
Plural	*volžaaxomъ	*volžaašete	*volžaaxǫ	*volžimъ	*volžite	—

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

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: *воложити (*voložiti)
  - Old Ruthenian: воло́жити (volóžiti)
    - Belarusian: (dialectal) вало́жыць (valóžycʹ)
    - Ukrainian: воло́жити (volóžyty)
  - Middle Russian: воло́жити (volóžiti) (1534)
    - Russian: (dialectal) воло́жи́ть (volóžítʹ), (obsolete) волóжиться (volóžitʹsja)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  - Church Slavonic: влажити (vlažiti) (Russian recension)
- Macedonian: влажи (vlaži)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: вла̏жити
  
  Latin script: vlȁžiti
- Slovene: vlážiti (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Czech: vlažiti
- Sorbian
  - Lower Sorbian:
  - Upper Sorbian: włóžnić

References

^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*volžiti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 527: “v. ‘wet, moisten’”
^ Anikin, A. E. (2014) “воло́жить”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), issue 8 (во – вран), Moscow: Russian Language Institute, →ISBN, page 155: “*volžiti”

[1] Derksen, Rick (2008) “*volžiti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 527: “v. ‘wet, moisten’”

[2] Anikin, A. E. (2014) “воло́жить”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), issue 8 (во – вран), Moscow: Russian Language Institute, →ISBN, page 155: “*volžiti”

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