Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/grędnǫti
Proto-Slavic
Alternative reconstructions
- *grьmnǫti, *gręnǫti
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Possibly an inchoative of *gręsti (“to approach, to step forwards”) + *-nǫti. Vasmer draws comparison with Latin aggredior (“to aggress”).
Verb
*grędnǫti[1]
Inflection
Conjugation of *grędnǫti, *grędnǫ, *grędnetь (?, -n-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)
| Verbal noun | Infinitive | Supine | L-participle |
|---|---|---|---|
| *grędnovenьje | *grędnǫti | *grędnǫtъ | *grędnǫlъ |
| Participles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tense | Past | Present |
| Passive | *grędnovenъ | *grędnomъ |
| Active | *grędnǫvъ | *grędny |
| Aorist | Present | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *grędnǫxъ | *grędnǫ | *grędnǫ | *grędnǫ | *grędneši | *grędnetь |
| Dual | *grędnǫxově | *grędnǫsta | *grędnǫste | *grędnevě | *grędneta | *grędnete |
| Plural | *grędnǫxomъ | *grędnǫste | *grędnǫšę | *grędnemъ | *grędnete | *grędnǫtь |
| Imperfect | Imperative | |||||
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *grędněaxъ | *grędněaše | *grędněaše | — | *grędni | *grędni |
| Dual | *grędněaxově | *grędněašeta | *grędněašete | *grędněvě | *grędněta | — |
| Plural | *grędněaxomъ | *grędněašete | *grędněaxǫ | *grędněmъ | *grędněte | — |
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- >? Slovene: greníti (“to rot”) (more likely an iterative from *grěnь)
- West Slavic:
- Old Czech: hřanúti, hřenúti
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “гря́нуть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
References
- ^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1980), “*grędnǫti”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 7 (*golvačь – *gyžati), Moscow: Nauka, page 123