Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/nizati

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

Iterative of *nьzti +‎ *-ati, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁neǵʰ- (“to pierce”).

Verb

*nizati^[1]

(transitive) to string (to put (items) on a string)
Synonym: *navelťi

Inflection

Conjugation of *nizati, *niza, *nižetь (?, -a/j-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*nizanьje	*nizati	*nizatъ	*nizalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*nizanъ	*nižemъ
Active	*nizavъ	*nižę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*nizaxъ	*niza	*niza	*nižǫ	*nižeši	*nižetь
Dual	*nizaxově	*nizasta	*nizaste	*niževě	*nižeta	*nižete
Plural	*nizaxomъ	*nizaste	*nizašę	*nižemъ	*nižete	*nižǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*nizaaxъ	*nizaaše	*nizaaše	—	*niži	*niži
Dual	*nizaaxově	*nizaašeta	*nizaašete	*niživě	*nižita	—
Plural	*nizaaxomъ	*nizaašete	*nizaaxǫ	*nižimъ	*nižite	—

Related terms

noun

*nožь

verb

*noziti

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic:
  - Belarusian: ніза́ць (nizácʹ)
  - Russian: низа́ть (nizátʹ)
  - Ukrainian: низа́ти (nyzáty)
South Slavic
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Old Cyrillic script: низати (nizati)
- Bulgarian: ни́жа (níža)
- Macedonian: ниже (niže)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: ни́зати
  
  Latin script: nizati
- Slovene: nízati (tonal orthography)
West Slavic
- Polish: nizać
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: nizaś

References

^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1999), “*nizati”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 25 (*neroditi – *novotьnъ(jь)), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 140