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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/sěti

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 1

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *sḗˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *seh₁-. Cognate with English sow, Latin serere, Latvian sẽt and Lithuanian sė́ti.

Verb

*sě̀ti impf[1]

  1. to sow
Conjugation
Alternative forms
Derived terms
Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old Ruthenian: сѣꙗти (sějati), сѣѧти (sějati), сѣати (sěati), сеати (seati), сѣѣти (sějěti)
      • Belarusian: се́яць (sjéjacʹ)
      • Ukrainian: сі́яти (síjaty)
    • Russian: се́ять (séjatʹ), сѣ́ять (sě́jatʹ)
      • Kildin Sami: сейе (s’ejje)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:

Etymology 2

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *seˀi- / Proto-Balto-Slavic *sˀi-, from Proto-Indo-European *seh₁y-. Cognate with Latvian sijāt, Lithuanian sijóti, and Ancient Greek ἠθέω (ēthéō).

Verb

*sě̀ti impf[2]

  1. to sift
Conjugation
Alternative forms
Derived terms
Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old Ruthenian: *сѣяти (*sějati), сеять (sejatʹ)
      • Belarusian: прасе́яць (prasjéjacʹ)
      • Ukrainian: сі́яти (síjaty)
    • Russian: (просе́ять (proséjatʹ))
  • South Slavic:

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2008) “*sě̀ti I; *sě̀jati I”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 447
  2. Derksen, Rick (2008) “*sě̀ti II; *sě̀jati II”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 448
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