Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/voliti

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

Alternative forms

• *volěti

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *walīˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *wolh₁-éye-ti, causative of *welh₁- (“to choose, want”). By surface analysis, *voľa (“will”) +‎ *-iti. Cognate to Proto-Germanic *waljaną (“to will”), Sanskrit वरयति (varáyati, “to choose”), also compare Vulgar Latin voleō.

Verb

*volìti

1. (transitive) to wish, to will

   Synonyms: *želěti, *xъtěti

2. (transitive) to choose, to express preference

   Synonyms: *jьzbьrati, *vybьrati

Inflection

Conjugation of *voliti, *voli, *volitь (?, -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*voľenьje	*voliti	*volitъ	*volilъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*voľenъ	*volimъ
Active	*voľь	*volę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*volixъ	*voli	*voli	*voľǫ	*voliši	*volitь
Dual	*volixově	*volista	*voliste	*volivě	*volita	*volite
Plural	*volixomъ	*voliste	*volišę	*volimъ	*volite	*volętь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*voľaaxъ	*voľaaše	*voľaaše	—	*voli	*voli
Dual	*voľaaxově	*voľaašeta	*voľaašete	*volivě	*volita	—
Plural	*voľaaxomъ	*voľaašete	*voľaaxǫ	*volimъ	*volite	—

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

Related terms

noun

• *vòľa

 

verb

• *dovьlěti
• *velě̀ti

 

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: волити (voliti)
    • Russian: волить (volitʹ)
    • Ukrainian: во́лити (vólyty)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: волити (voliti)

  • Bulgarian: во́ля (vólja), во́лим (vólim) (dialectal)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: во̀љети, во̀лети, волити

    Latin script: vòljeti, vòleti, voliti

  • Slovene: vóliti (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic
  • Czech: volit
  • Kashubian: wòlec (remodelled)
  • Old Polish: woleć, wolić (remodelled)
    • Polish: woleć
    • Silesian: woleć
  • Slovak: voliť

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “волить”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “воля¹”, in Български етимологичен речник (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 175