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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/sęťi

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 *sēˀg-, *senˀg-, from Proto-Indo-European *seg-, *seng-. Cognate with Lithuanian sègti (to fasten, to pin) (1sg. segù, 1sg. past segiaũ), Latvian segt (to cover) (1sg. sȩdzu), Sanskrit सजति (sájati, to adhere to), causative सञ्जयति (sañjayati), Old Persian [script needed] (frahanǰati, to hang), Old Irish suanem (rope) < *sogn-.

Verb

*sęťi

  1. to reach for

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: досꙗчи (dosjači), досꙗщи (dosjašti) (Russian)
    • Ukrainian: сягти́ (sjahtý) (colloquial)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: dosieci, přisieci, osieci
      • Czech: dosíci (archaic or literary)
    • Old Polish: siąc

Further reading

  • Derksen, Rick (2008) “*sęgti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 449
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “сяга́ть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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