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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/jeti

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

Alternative reconstructions
  • *jebtì; *jěbtì

Etymology
PIE word
*h₃yébʰeti

Inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *jebtei, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃yébʰeti, from *h₃yebʰ-. Cognate with Ancient Greek οἴφω (oíphō), Sanskrit यभति (yábhati).

Verb

*jetì impf[1][2]

  1. (transitive) to copulate
  2. (transitive, vulgar, possibly) to fuck

Derived terms
Proto-Slavic terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₃yebʰ-‎ (0 c, 5 e)
nouns
verbs

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: ети (eti)
      • Middle Russian: ети (jeti)
        • Russian: ети́ (jetí), е́ть (jétʹ), е́ться (jétʹsja); ебти́ (jebtí), ебти́ся (jebtísja)
        • ⇒ Russian: ети́ть (jetítʹ), ити́ть (itítʹ)
      • Old Ruthenian: *єти (*jeti)
    • Old Novgorodian: ѥти (jeti)
  • South Slavic:
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: јѐпсти
      Latin script: jèpsti

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008) “*etì; *ebàti; *ěbàti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 147: “v. (c) ‘copulate’”
  2. Anikin, A. E. (2021) “ебáть”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), numbers 15 (друг – еренга), Moscow: Nestor-Historia, →ISBN, page 229

Further reading
  • Rudnyc'kyj, Ja. (1972–1982) “єба́ти”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language, volumes 2 (Д – Ь), Ottawa: Ukrainian Mohylo-Mazepian Academy of Sciences; Ukrainian Language Association, →LCCN, page 307
  • Vasmer, Max (1953) “ебáть, ебу́”, in Russisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (Indogermanische Bibliothek; 2) (in German), volumes 1 (A – K), Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Carl Winter, →ISBN, page 388
  • Bezlaj, France (1976) “jẹ̑bati”, in Etimološki slovar slovenskega jezika [Etymological Dictionary of the Slovenian Language] (in Slovene), volumes 1 (A – J), Ljubljana: Mladinska knjiga, page 223
  • Gluhak, Alemko (1993) “jèbati”, in Hrvatski etimološki rječnik [Croatian Etymology Dictionary] (in Serbo-Croatian), Zagreb: August Cesarec, →ISBN, page 293
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