Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/-nǫti

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 Proto-Balto-Slavic [Term?], from Proto-Indo-European *-né-.

    Suffix

    *-nǫti impf or pf[1]

    1. Forms inchoative verbs, deverbal
      *blьščati (to shine) + ‎*-nǫti → ‎*blьsknǫti (to flash)
      *bъděti (to stay awake) + ‎*-nǫti → ‎*bъdnǫti (to come to)
      *kysěti (to turn sour) + ‎*-nǫti → ‎*kysnǫti (to dampen, to moisten)
    2. Forms verbs to denote the gradual acquisition of properties, deadjectival
      *suxъ (dry) + ‎*-nǫti → ‎*sъxnǫti (to dry)
      *gluxъ (deaf) + ‎*-nǫti → ‎*glъxnǫti (to go deaf)
      *slěpъ (blind) + ‎*-nǫti → ‎*slьpnǫti (to go blind)
    3. Forms perfective verbs denoting the momentary course of action, deverbal
      *buxati (to thud, to make noise) + ‎*-nǫti → ‎*buxnǫti
      *dvigati (to lift (something)) + ‎*-nǫti → ‎*dvignǫti
      *lizati (to lick) + ‎*-nǫti → ‎*lьznǫti

    Inflection

    Derived terms

    Proto-Slavic terms suffixed with *-nǫti

    Descendants

    • East Slavic:
      • Old East Slavic: -нѫти (-nǫti), -нути (-nuti)
    • South Slavic:
      • Old Church Slavonic:
        Old Cyrillic script: -нѫти (-nǫti)
        Glagolitic script: -ⱀⱘⱅⰻ (-nǫti)
      • Serbo-Croatian:
        Cyrillic script: -нути
        Latin script: -nuti
      • Slovene: -niti (tonal orthography)
    • West Slavic:

    References

    1. ^ Sławski, Franciszek, editor (1974), “*-nǫti”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volume 1 (a – bьzděti), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 44