Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/xytiti

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 *xytъ +‎ *-iti.

Related to *xvatati (“to grasp”).

Verb

*xytiti

1. to snatch?
2. to abduct?

Inflection

Conjugation of *xytiti, *xyti, *xytitь (?, -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*xyťenьje	*xytiti	*xytitъ	*xytilъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*xyťenъ	*xytimъ
Active	*xyťь	*xytę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*xytixъ	*xyti	*xyti	*xyťǫ	*xytiši	*xytitь
Dual	*xytixově	*xytista	*xytiste	*xytivě	*xytita	*xytite
Plural	*xytixomъ	*xytiste	*xytišę	*xytimъ	*xytite	*xytętь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*xyťaaxъ	*xyťaaše	*xyťaaše	—	*xyti	*xyti
Dual	*xyťaaxově	*xyťaašeta	*xyťaašete	*xytivě	*xytita	—
Plural	*xyťaaxomъ	*xyťaašete	*xyťaaxǫ	*xytimъ	*xytite	—

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

Descendants

• South Slavic
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: хꙑтити (xytiti)

    Glagolitic script: ⱈⱏⰹⱅⰺⱅⰺ (xytiti)

    • → Middle Russian: хитить (xititʹ)
      • Russian: -хи́тить (-xítitʹ); хи́тить (xítitʹ) (dialectal)
  • ⇒ Bulgarian: похитя̀ (pohitjà)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: хи̏тити

    Latin script: hititi (to throw)

• West Slavic
  • Czech: chytit
  • Old Polish: chycić
    • Polish: chwycić (contaminated by *xvatiti), chycić
  • Slovak: сhуtiť
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: chyśiś
    • Upper Sorbian: chyćić

Further reading

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1981), “*xytiti”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 8 (*xa – *jьvьlga), Moscow: Nauka, page 161
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “-хитить”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress