Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/vitati

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

Pokorny derives the root from Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁- (“to pursue, hunt”),[1] though Derksen leaves the origin open.[2]

Baltic cognates include Lithuanian vietà (“place”), Latvian vieta (“place”), pavietat (“to lodge”).

Verb

*vitati

  1. to live, dwell
  2. to welcome, greet

Conjugation

Conjugation of *vitati, *vita, *vitajetь (?, -a-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)
Verbal noun Infinitive Supine L-participle
*vitanьje *vitati *vitatъ *vitalъ
Participles
Tense Past Present
Passive *vitanъ *vitajemъ
Active *vitavъ *vitaję
Aorist Present
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Singular *vitaxъ *vita *vita *vitajǫ *vitaješi *vitajetь
Dual *vitaxově *vitasta *vitaste *vitajevě *vitajeta *vitajete
Plural *vitaxomъ *vitaste *vitašę *vitajemъ *vitajete *vitajǫtь
Imperfect Imperative
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Singular *vitaaxъ *vitaaše *vitaaše — *vitaji *vitaji
Dual *vitaaxově *vitaašeta *vitaašete *vitajivě *vitajita —
Plural *vitaaxomъ *vitaašete *vitaaxǫ *vitajimъ *vitajite —

Derived terms

  • *navitati
  • *obita(d)lišče
  • *obitati (“to dwell in, to live in, to inhabit”)
    • *obitanьje (“habitation”)
    • *obitateljь (“inhabitant, dweller”)
    • *obitělь (“abode, dwelling, habitation; inn, lodging, monastery”)
      • *obitělišče

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: витати (vitati)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic script: витати (vitati)
      Glagolitic script: ⰲⰻⱅⰰⱅⰻ (vitati)
    • Bulgarian: вита́я (vitája)
  • West Slavic:

References

  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “3. u̯ei-, u̯eiә-: u̯ī-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 1123-24
  2. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “vieta”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 502

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “витать”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Trubachyov, O., Zhuravlyov, A. F., editors (2005), “*obvitati (sę)”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 31 (*obvelčenьje – *obžьniviny), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 62
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1997), “*navitati (sę)”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 24 (*navijati (sę)/*navivati (sę) – *nerodimъ(jь)), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 10
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