Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/jěxati

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

Derived from *jěti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *jā́ˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *yeh₂-. Baltic cognates include Lithuanian jóti (“to ride”), Latvian jât (“to ride”). Indo-European cognates include Sanskrit याति (yāti), Avestan 𐬫𐬁𐬌𐬙𐬌 (yāⁱti), Hittite [script needed] (iya-), Tocharian B yā-.

Verb

*jě̀xati impf^[1]^[2]

to go, to ride

Inflection

Conjugation of *jěxati, *jěxa, *ědetь (?, -a/C-, s-aorist, accent paradigm a)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*jěxanьje	*jěxati	*jěxatъ	*jěxalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*jěxanъ	*ědomъ
Active	*jěxavъ	*ědy

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*jěxaxъ	*jěxa	*jěxa	*ědǫ	*ědeši	*ědetь
Dual	*jěxaxově	*jěxasta	*jěxaste	*ědevě	*ědeta	*ědete
Plural	*jěxaxomъ	*jěxaste	*jěxašę	*ědemъ	*ědete	*ědǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*jěxaaxъ	*jěxaaše	*jěxaaše	—	*ědi	*ědi
Dual	*jěxaaxově	*jěxaašeta	*jěxaašete	*ěděvě	*ěděta	—
Plural	*jěxaaxomъ	*jěxaašete	*jěxaaxǫ	*ěděmъ	*ěděte	—

Alternative forms

*jàxati

Related terms

*jě̀ti (“to ride”)
*ěto (“herd, flock”)
*ězda (“ride”)

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: ѣхати (jěxati), ꙗхати (jaxati)
  - Old Ruthenian: ѣ́хати (jě́xati), ꙗ́хати (jáxati)
    - Belarusian: е́хаць (jéxacʹ)
    - Carpathian Rusyn: ї́хати (jíxaty) (rare)
    - Ukrainian: ї́хати (jíxaty)
  - Russian: е́хать (jéxatʹ)
- Old Novgorodian: ѣхати (jěxati)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Cyrillic: ꙗхати (jaxati)
  
  Glagolitic: [Term?]
- Bulgarian: я́хам (jáham)
- Macedonian: јава (java)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: ја̏хати
  
  Latin script: jȁhati
- Slovene: jāhati (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Czech: jechat
- Old Polish: jechać, jachać
  - Polish: jechać, jachać (Middle Polish, regional)
  - Silesian: jechać
- Old Slovak: jachať
  - Slovak: jachať
- Pomeranian:
  - Kashubian: jachac
  - Slovincian: jachac
- Sorbian:
  - Upper Sorbian: jěchać
  - Lower Sorbian: jěś

References

^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*ěxati”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 151: “v. ‘go, ride’”
^ Nikolajev, S. L. (2014) “K rekonstrukcii akcentnyx klassov balto-slavjanskix glagolov*”, in Balto-slavjanskije issledovanija – XIX, Moscow – Saint-Petersburg: The work was carried out with the support of the basic research Program of the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Sciences

[1] Derksen, Rick (2008) “*ěxati”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 151: “v. ‘go, ride’”

[2] Nikolajev, S. L. (2014) “K rekonstrukcii akcentnyx klassov balto-slavjanskix glagolov*”, in Balto-slavjanskije issledovanija – XIX, Moscow – Saint-Petersburg: The work was carried out with the support of the basic research Program of the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Sciences

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