Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/želsti

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

Akin to or possibly borrowed from Proto-Germanic *geldaną (“to yield, to pay”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʰeldʰ-.

Verb

*želsti^[1]

to repay

Conjugation

Conjugation of *želsti, *želde, *želdetь (impf., -C-, _/ox-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*želdenьje	*želsti	*želstъ	*želdlъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*želdenъ	*želdomъ
Active	*želdъ	*želdy

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*želd(ox)ъ	*želde	*želde	*želdǫ	*želdeši	*želdetь
Dual	*želd(ox)ově	*želd(e/os)ta	*želd(e/os)te	*želdevě	*želdeta	*želdete
Plural	*želd(ox)omъ	*želd(e/os)te	želdǫ, želdošę	*želdemъ	*želdete	*želdǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*želděaxъ	*želděaše	*želděaše	—	*želdi	*želdi
Dual	*želděaxově	*želděašeta	*želděašete	*želděvě	*želděta	—
Plural	*želděaxomъ	*želděašete	*želděaxǫ	*želděmъ	*želděte	—

Derived terms

*želděti (“to penalize”)
*želdьba (“financial loss”)
*želdъka (“fine”)

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: желести (želesti)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic: жлѣсти (žlěsti), жласти (žlasti)
- Bulgarian: жла́дя (žládja, “to deprive”) (archaic)

References

^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*želsti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 556: “v. ‘repay, pay for’”

Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “желеду”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “жледу”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

[1] Derksen, Rick (2008) “*želsti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 556: “v. ‘repay, pay for’”

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