Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/prętati

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

Of unclear origin.[1] Traditionally taken as a verbal formation related to *prǫ̑tъ (rod), thus "to weave with a rod" > "to tidy, perform various actions", though this is speculative.[2]

Verb

*prętati

  1. (transitive) to bury?, to conceal?, to hide?, to tidy?
    Synonyms: *krỳti, *xovati, *zakopati

Inflection

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: прѧтати (prętati)
      • Old Ruthenian: прѧ́тати (prjátati), пра́тати (prátati)
        • Belarusian: пра́таць (prátacʹ)
        • Ukrainian: пря́тати (prjátaty) (dialectal)
      • Russian: пря́тать (prjátatʹ)
      • Old East Slavic: съпрѧтати (sŭprętati)
  • South Slavic
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic script: прѩтати (prjętati)
    • Bulgarian: опре́там (oprétam), запре́твам (zaprétvam), спре́тнат (sprétnat)
    • Macedonian: за́прета (zápreta, to bury, cover, hide)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: пре̏тати
      Latin script: prȅtati
    • Slovene: spгẹ́tən (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic

References

  1. ^ Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “sprzątać”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN, page 572
  2. ^ Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “пря́тать”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress