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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/děti

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed words 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 1

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *dēˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁ti, from *dʰeh₁- (“to do”).

Verb

*děti impf (perfective *děnǫti) [1]

  1. to do
  2. to put, to place
    → to put on clothes
  3. to thread, to pass through, to brace
Conjugation
Conjugation of *děti (present in *-j-, *-n- or reduplicated with *-j-)
infinitive *děti
supine *dětъ
verbal noun *dětьje
participles present past
active *děďę, *děję, *děny *děvъ
passive — *dětъ
resultative — *dělъ
present imperative
1st singular *děďǫ, *dějǫ, *děnǫ —
2nd singular *děďešь, *děješь, *děnešь *děďi, *ději, *děni
3rd singular *děďetь, *dějetь, *děnetь *děďi, *ději, *děni
1st dual *děďevě, *dějevě, *děnevě *děďivě, *dějivě, *děněve
2nd dual *děďeta, *dějeta, *děneta *děďita, *dějita, *děněta
3rd dual *děďete, *dějete, *děnete —
1st plural *děďemъ, *dějemъ, *děnemъ *děďimъ, *dějimъ, *děněmъ
2nd plural *děďete, *dějete, *děnete *děďite, *dějite, *děněte
3rd plural *děďǫtь, *dějǫtь, *děnǫtь —
imperfect aorist
1st singular *děděaxъ *děxъ
2nd singular *děděaše *dě
3rd singular *děděaše *dě
1st dual *děděaxově *děxově
2nd dual *děděašeta *děsta
3rd dual *děděašete *děste
1st plural *děděaxomъ *děxomъ
2nd plural *děděašete *děste
3rd plural *děděaxǫ *děšę
Derived terms
  • *děvati (“to pass, to get away”)
  • *dějati (“to put into action, to get away”)
  • *dělati (“to do, to hack”)
  • *oděďa (“clothing”)
  • *naděďa (“hope”)
  • *dějь (“agent, doer”)
  • *dějьcь (“activist”)
  • *dětь (“deed”)
  • *dělo (“act, work”)
  • *děvъ (“thread”)
Descendants
  • East Slavic:
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: dít (“to take place”)
    • Polish: dziać (“to happen”)
    • Slovak: diať sa (“to be done”)

From an extended form *dějati:

Further reading

Etymology 2

See *dětь.

Noun

*děti f [2][3]

  1. children (plural of *dětь)
Usage notes

May have functioned as a plurale tantum in Proto-Slavic, with the singular handled by *dětę.

Conjugation
Declension of *dě̑ti (i-stem, accent paradigm c, plural only)
Plural
Nominative *dě̑ti
Accusative *dě̑ti
Genitive *dětь̀jь
Locative *dě̑tьxъ
Dative *dě̑tьmъ
Instrumental *dětьmì
Vocative *dě̑ti
* The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).
Descendants

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*děti I”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 104: “v. ‘do, say’”
  2. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*děti II”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 104: “Npl. f. ‘children’”
  3. Olander, Thomas (2001), “děti”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “f.pl.tant. c children (PR 138)”
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