Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/volati

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

Probably cognate with Lithuanian valiúoti (“to shout, to sing”), Latvian valoda (“speech”).

Verb

*volati impf

1. to hail, to call

Conjugation

Conjugation of *volati, *vola, *volajetь (impf., -a-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*volanьje	*volati	*volatъ	*volalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*volanъ	*volajemъ
Active	*volavъ	*volaję

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*volaxъ	*vola	*vola	*volajǫ	*volaješi	*volajetь
Dual	*volaxově	*volasta	*volaste	*volajevě	*volajeta	*volajete
Plural	*volaxomъ	*volaste	*volašę	*volajemъ	*volajete	*volajǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*volaaxъ	*volaaše	*volaaše	—	*volaji	*volaji
Dual	*volaaxově	*volaašeta	*volaašete	*volajivě	*volajita	—
Plural	*volaaxomъ	*volaašete	*volaaxǫ	*volajimъ	*volajite	—

Descendants

• West Slavic:
  • Kashubian: wòłac
  • Slovincian: wôlac
  • Old Czech: volati
    • Czech: volat
  • Old Polish: wołać
    • Polish: wołać
    • → Old Ruthenian: волати (volati)
      • Belarusian: вала́ць (valácʹ)
      • Ukrainian: вола́ти (voláty)
    • Silesian: wołać
  • Slovak: volať
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: wołaś
    • Upper Sorbian: wołać

Further reading

• Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “волати”, in Етимологічний словник української мови (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka