Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/tęti

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 *tinˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *temh₁-.

Verb

*tęti impf

to cut, chop, beat

Declension

Conjugation of *tęti, *tę, *tьnetь (impf., -V/C-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*tętьje	*tęti	*tętъ	*tęlъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*tętъ	*tьnomъ
Active	*tьnъ	*tьny

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*tęsъ	*tę	*tę	*tьnǫ	*tьneši	*tьnetь
Dual	*tęsově	*tęsta	*tęste	*tьnevě	*tьneta	*tьnete
Plural	*tęsomъ	*tęste	*tęsę	*tьnemъ	*tьnete	*tьnǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*tьněaxъ	*tьněaše	*tьněaše	—	*tьni	*tьni
Dual	*tьněaxově	*tьněašeta	*tьněašete	*tьněvě	*tьněta	—
Plural	*tьněaxomъ	*tьněašete	*tьněaxǫ	*tьněmъ	*tьněte	—

Derived terms

*potęti

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: тѧти (tęti)
  - Belarusian: цяць (cjacʹ)
  - Russian: тять (tjatʹ) (archaic)
  - Ukrainian: тя́ти (tjáty)
South Slavic:
- Slovene: tẹ́ti (tonal orthography) (dialectal)
West Slavic:
- Kashubian: cąc, cyc (regional)
- Old Czech: tieti
  - Czech: tít, tnout
- Polabian: tąt
- Polish: ciąć
- Silesian: ciōńć
- Slovak: ťať
- Sorbian:
  - Upper Sorbian: ćeć
  - Lower Sorbian: śěś

References

Derksen, Rick (2008) “*tęti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 494
Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “тну”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress