Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kręnǫti

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

From an earlier *krętnǫti, formed as *krętati (“to languish, to perturb”) +‎ *-nǫti, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kert- (“to cut, to turn”) (or possibly from a depalatalized form of Proto-Indo-European *ḱert- (“to increase, to grow”)).

Verb

*kręnǫ̀ti pf (imperfective *krętati) [1]

to lift, to transit
Synonym: *dvignǫti
to move barely

Inflection

Conjugation of *kręnǫti (perf., -n-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*kręnovenьje	*kręnǫti	*kręnǫtъ	*kręnǫlъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*kręnovenъ	—
Active	*kręnǫvъ	—

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*kręnǫxъ	*kręnǫ	*kręnǫ	*kręnǫ	*kręneši	*kręnetь
Dual	*kręnǫxově	*kręnǫsta	*kręnǫste	*kręnevě	*kręneta	*kręnete
Plural	*kręnǫxomъ	*kręnǫste	*kręnǫšę	*kręnemъ	*kręnete	*kręnǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	—	—	—	—	*kręni	*kręni
Dual	—	—	—	*kręněvě	*kręněta	—
Plural	—	—	—	*kręněmъ	*kręněte	—

In perfective verbs, present expresses future

Related terms

*kortъ (“grade, period”)
- *kortъkъ (“short”)
*kortiti (“to complete, to cut”)
*kъrtiti (“to wreck”)
*krotъ (“meekness”)
- *krotъkъ (“meek, mild”)
*krǫtъ (“tough, abrupt”)
*krǫtьnъ (“cruel”)

Derived terms

*kręniti (“to turn”)
*kręnovati (“to wend”)

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Belarusian: крану́ць (kranúcʹ)
- Russian: кря́нуть (krjánutʹ)
- Ukrainian: кря́нути (krjánuty, “to strike”) (dialectal)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic: крѧнѫти (kręnǫti)
- Bulgarian: крѐна (krѐna), крѐвам (krѐvam), dial. кретнува̀м (kretnuvàm)
- Macedonian: крене (krene)
- Serbo-Croatian: krénuti
- Slovene: krenīti (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: křátnouti

References

Snoj, Marko (2016), “krenīti”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar, Ljubljana: Inštitut za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, →ISBN: “*krę(t)nǫ̋ti”

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[1] Snoj, Marko (2016), “krenīti”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar, Ljubljana: Inštitut za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, →ISBN: “*krę(t)nǫ̋ti”