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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kortiti

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 *kortъ + *-iti.

Verb

*kortiti

  1. to shorten

Inflection

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Belarusian: караціць (karacicʹ)
    • Russian: сократи́ть (sokratítʹ)
    • Ukrainian: короти́ти (korotýty)
  • South Slavic
  • West Slavic

Further reading

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1984), “*kortiti”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 11 (*konьcь – *kotьna(ja)), Moscow: Nauka, page 98
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