Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/tějati

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

Per Vasmer, possibly related to Latvian tievêt (to strive for), tĩtît (to be stubborn, to be annoyed) (1sg. tĩtĩju), tītinât (to tease, to annoy), Lithuanian titinoti (to brag).

Verb

*tějati

  1. to undertake?

Inflection

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Belarusian: заце́яць (zacjéjacʹ)
    • Russian: зате́ять (zatéjatʹ)
    • Ukrainian: ви́тіяти (výtijaty)

Further reading

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