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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/sěsti

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 Proto-Balto-Slavic *sēˀstei, from Proto-Indo-European *sed- by (Winter's law).

Baltic cognates include Lithuanian sė́sti, 3sg. sė́da, Old Prussian sindants (sitting).

Indo-European cognates include Latin sedeō, Ancient Greek ἕζομαι (hézomai, to sit down), Gothic 𐍃𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 (sitan), English sit.

Verb

*sěsti pf [1]

  1. to sit down

Inflection

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: сѣсти (sěsti), 1sg. сꙗдꙋ (sjadu)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Cyrillic: сѣсти (sěsti), 1sg. сѧдѫ (sędǫ)
      Glagolitic: [Term?]
    • Bulgarian: ся́дам (sjádam)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic: сје̏сти, 1sg. сје̏де̄м
      Latin: sjȅsti, 1sg. sjȅdēm
      • Chakavian (Vrgada): sȅsti, 2sg. sȅdeš; sȅs, 1sg. sⁱȇden
    • Slovene: sẹ́sti (tonal orthography), sẹ̑dem (tonal orthography)

Further reading

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*sěsti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 447: “v. ‘sit down’”
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