Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pręťi

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

Inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *prengtei, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)préngʰ-e-ti. Compare Lithuanian spreñgti, Latvian spreñgt.

Verb

*pręťi impf (perfective *pregnǫti, frequentative *pręgati)[1]

  1. to tie up, to truss, to join

Conjugation

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: *прѧчи (*pręči)
      • Old Ruthenian: *прѧчи (*prjači)
        • Belarusian: впрэгцí (vprehcí)
        • Ukrainian: прягти́ (prjahtý) (dialectal)
      • Russian: -пря́чь (-prjáčʹ)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Glagolitic script: ⱀⰰⱂⱃⱔⱋⰻ (napręšti)
      Old Cyrillic script: напрѧщи (napręšti)
      • Bulgarian: запря́гам (zaprjágam)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: спре́ћи
      Latin script: spréći
    • Slovene: vprẹ́či (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: spřieci, spřáhnúti
    • Old Polish: sprząc
    • Pomeranian:
      • Kashubian: sprzic
      • Slovincian: sprzyc
    • Slovak: sрriаhаť
    • Sorbian:
      • Upper Sorbian: рřаhаć
      • Lower Sorbian: pśěgaś

References

  1. ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “pręgti:pręgǫ pręžetь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:c (PR 139)

Further reading

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