Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pręsti

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 *(s)prenˀstei, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)prend-. Cognate with Lithuanian sprę́sti (“to stretch, to spread, to judge, to solve”) (3sg. spréndžia), Latvian spriêst (“to stretch, to press, to judge, to discuss”) (1sg. spriêžu), Old English sprindel (“snare, hook”). Derksen ascribes the acute tone in the root to Winter's law.

Verb

*pręsti impf

  1. to spin

Inflection

Conjugation of *pręsti, *pręde, *prędetь (impf., -C-, _/ox-aorist, accent paradigm c)
Verbal noun Infinitive Supine L-participle
*prędenьje *pręsti *pręstъ *prędlъ
Participles
Tense Past Present
Passive *prędenъ *prędomъ
Active *prędъ *prędy
Aorist Present
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Singular *pręd(ox)ъ *pręde *pręde *prędǫ *prędeši *prędetь
Dual *pręd(ox)ově *pręd(e/os)ta *pręd(e/os)te *prędevě *prędeta *prędete
Plural *pręd(ox)omъ *pręd(e/os)te *prędǫ, *prędošę *prędemъ *prędete *prędǫtь
Imperfect Imperative
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Singular *pręděaxъ *pręděaše *pręděaše — *prędi *prędi
Dual *pręděaxově *pręděašeta *pręděašete *pręděvě *pręděta —
Plural *pręděaxomъ *pręděašete *pręděaxǫ *pręděmъ *pręděte —

Derived terms

  • *prędačь (“spinner (agent)”)
    • *prędačьstvo (“filature”)
  • *prędeno (“spindle”)
  • *prędivo (“spinner (tool)”)
  • *prędь
  • *pręďa (“yarn”)
  • *prǫdъ (“stream, current”)
    • *prǫdělь (“bank”)
    • *prǫdišče (“riverbed, channel”)

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: прѧсти (pręsti)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1999) “прясть”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 79
  • Derksen, Rick (2008) “*pręsti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 419
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “пряду́”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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