Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/xytiti

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 *xytъ +‎ *-iti.[1]

Related to *xvatati (to grasp).[2]

Verb

*xytiti[1]

  1. to snatch, to grab, to get hold of

Inflection

Descendants

  • South Slavic
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic script: хꙑтити (xytiti)
      Glagolitic script: ⱈⱏⰹⱅⰺⱅⰺ (xytiti)
      • Middle Russian: хитить (xititʹ)
        • Russian: -хи́тить (-xítitʹ); хи́тить (xítitʹ) (dialectal)
    • Bulgarian: похитя̀ (pohitjà)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: хи̏тити
      Latin script: hȉtiti
    • Slovene: hítiti
  • West Slavic

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1981), “*xytiti (sę)”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 8 (*xa – *jьvьlga), Moscow: Nauka, page 161
  2. ^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1981), “*xytati (sę)”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 8 (*xa – *jьvьlga), Moscow: Nauka, page 160

Further reading

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