Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/xvatati

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 *xvatiti +‎ *-ati.[1]

Verb

*xvatati impf

  1. to grasp, catch, grab

Conjugation

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: хватити (xvatiti)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: chvátati
    • Polish: chwatać, chwytać (mutual contamination with "chycić", current "chwycić")
    • Slovak: сhvátаť
    • Sorbian:
      • Upper Sorbian: chwatać
      • Lower Sorbian: chwataś

References

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

Further reading

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1981), “*xvatati”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 8 (*xa – *jьvьlga), Moscow: Nauka, page 123