Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/-iti

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 *-éiˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti.

Suffix

*-iti

1. Deverbal, iterative

   *laziti (“to crawl, creep”) ← *lě̀zti (“to crawl, climb”)

   *nositi (“to carry, bear”) ← *nesti (“to carry, bring”)

   *voziti (“cart, lead, convey”) ← *vezti (“cart, lead, convey”)

   *voditi (“to lead, conduct”) ← *vesti (“to lead, conduct”)

2. Deverbal, causative

   *blǫditi (“to mislead, deceive”) ← *blęsti (“to err”)

   *ložiti (“to lay”) ← *leťi (“to lie down”), *ležati (“to lie”)

   *pojiti (“to water, give to drink”) ← *piti (“to drink”)

   *saditi (“to plant, set”) ← *sěsti (“to sit down”), *sěděti (“to sit”)

   *staviti (“to place, put”) ← *stati (“to stand, become”), *stojati (“to stand”)

3. Deadjectival

   *čistiti (“to clean”) ← *čistъ (“clean”)

   *běliti (“to whiten, to bleach”) ← *bělъ (“white”)

   *cěliti (“to heal”) ← *cělъ (“whole”)

4. Denominal

   *kъrmiti (“to feed”) ← *kъrmъ (“food”)

   *mьstiti (“to avenge”) ← *mьstь (“vengeance”)

   *miriti (“to reconsile”) ← *mirъ (“peace”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: -ити (-iti)
    • Old Ruthenian: -ити (-iti), -ить (-itʹ)
      • Belarusian: -іць (-icʹ)
      • Carpathian Rusyn: -ити (-yty), -иц (-yc)
      • Ukrainian: -ити (-yty)
    • Russian: -ить (-itʹ)
  • Old Novgorodian: -ити (-iti)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Glagolitic script: -ⰺⱅⰺ (-iti)

    Old Cyrillic script: -ити (-iti)

    • Bulgarian: -я (-ja), -а (-a)
    • Macedonian: -и (-i)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: -ити

    Latin script: -iti

    • Chakavian Serbo-Croatian: -iti, -it
    • Kajkavian Serbo-Croatian:
  • Slovene: -iti (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: -iti
    • Czech: -it
  • Old Polish: -ić, -yć
    • Polish: -ić, -yć
    • Silesian:
  • Old Slovak: -iť
    • Pannonian Rusyn: -иц (-ic), -їц (-jic)
    • Slovak: -iť
  • Polabian: -ĕt
  • Pomeranian:
    • Kashubian: -ëc, -ic
    • Slovincian: -ëc, -ic
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: -yś, -iś
    • Upper Sorbian: -yć, -ić

See also

• *-ti, *-ěti, *-ati, *-ovati
• *-itъ, *-iťь

Derived terms

Proto-Slavic terms suffixed with *-iti

• *-ja
• *-ivъ, *-ivo

References

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*blǫditi”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 125
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1987), “*laziti”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 14 (*labati – *lěteplъjь), Moscow: Nauka, page 64
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1990), “*ložiti”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 16 (*lokadlo – *lъživьcь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 127
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1999), “*nositi”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 25 (*neroditi – *novotьnъ(jь)), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 206