Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/nositi

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 *nesti (to carry, bring) +‎ *-iti (iterative). Particularly close cognates include Lithuanian naši̇̀nti (to announce, proclaim), Ancient Greek ῆνεγκον (ênenkon, I brought (aorist)).[1]

Verb

*nosìti impf[1][2][3]

  1. to carry, to bring

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • *donositi
  • *jьznositi
  • *orznositi
  • *otъnositi
  • *pernositi
  • *unositi

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Belarusian: насі́ць (nasícʹ)
    • Russian: носи́ть (nosítʹ)
    • Ukrainian: носи́ти (nosýty)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Derksen, Rick (2008) “*nosìti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 356:v. (b) ‘carry, bear’
  2. ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “nositi: nosjǫ nositь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:b (SA 257; PR 137)
  3. ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “nosīti”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si:*nosi̋ti