Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/sěti
Proto-Slavic
Etymology 1
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *sḗˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *seh₁-. Cognate with English sow, Latin serere, Latvian sẽt and Lithuanian sė́ti.
Verb
*sě̀ti impf[1]
- to sow
Conjugation
Conjugation of *sěti, *sě, *sějetь (impf., -V-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)
| Verbal noun | Infinitive | Supine | L-participle |
|---|---|---|---|
| *sětьje | *sěti | *sětъ | *sělъ |
| Participles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tense | Past | Present |
| Passive | *sětъ | *sějemъ |
| Active | *sěvъ | *sěję |
| Aorist | Present | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *sěxъ | *sě | *sě | *sějǫ | *sěješi | *sějetь |
| Dual | *sěxově | *sěsta | *sěste | *sějevě | *sějeta | *sějete |
| Plural | *sěxomъ | *sěste | *sěšę | *sějemъ | *sějete | *sějǫtь |
| Imperfect | Imperative | |||||
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *sěaxъ | *sěaše | *sěaše | — | *sěji | *sěji |
| Dual | *sěaxově | *sěašeta | *sěašete | *sějivě | *sějita | — |
| Plural | *sěaxomъ | *sěašete | *sěaxǫ | *sějimъ | *sějite | — |
Alternative forms
Derived terms
- *sětva (“sowing”)
- *sěvati
Related terms
- *sě̀mę (“seed”)
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old Ruthenian: сѣꙗти (sějati), сѣѧти (sějati), сѣати (sěati), сеати (seati), сѣѣти (sějěti)
- Belarusian: се́яць (sjéjacʹ)
- Ukrainian: сі́яти (síjaty)
- Russian: се́ять (séjatʹ), сѣ́ять (sě́jatʹ) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)
- → Kildin Sami: сейе (sjejje)
- Old Ruthenian: сѣꙗти (sějati), сѣѧти (sějati), сѣати (sěati), сеати (seati), сѣѣти (sějěti)
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Etymology 2
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *seˀi- / Proto-Balto-Slavic *sˀi-, from Proto-Indo-European *seh₁y-. Cognate with Latvian sijāt, Lithuanian sijóti, and Ancient Greek ἠθέω (ēthéō).
Verb
*sě̀ti impf[2]
- to sift
Conjugation
Conjugation of *sěti, *sě, *sějetь (impf., -V-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)
| Verbal noun | Infinitive | Supine | L-participle |
|---|---|---|---|
| *sětьje | *sěti | *sětъ | *sělъ |
| Participles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tense | Past | Present |
| Passive | *sětъ | *sějemъ |
| Active | *sěvъ | *sěję |
| Aorist | Present | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *sěxъ | *sě | *sě | *sějǫ | *sěješi | *sějetь |
| Dual | *sěxově | *sěsta | *sěste | *sějevě | *sějeta | *sějete |
| Plural | *sěxomъ | *sěste | *sěšę | *sějemъ | *sějete | *sějǫtь |
| Imperfect | Imperative | |||||
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *sěaxъ | *sěaše | *sěaše | — | *sěji | *sěji |
| Dual | *sěaxově | *sěašeta | *sěašete | *sějivě | *sějita | — |
| Plural | *sěaxomъ | *sěašete | *sěaxǫ | *sějimъ | *sějite | — |
Alternative forms
Derived terms
- *prosějati (“to sift”)
- *sěvati
Related terms
- *sìto (“sieve”)
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*sě̀ti I; *sě̀jati I”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 447
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*sě̀ti II; *sě̀jati II”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 448