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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/skytati

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

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Cognate with Lithuanian kutė́ti (“to shake”), Proto-Germanic *skundijaną (“to accelerate”). Probably from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewt- (“to shake, rattle”).

Verb

*skytati (sę)

  1. (reflexive) to roam, to wander

Inflection
Conjugation of *skytati, *skyta, *skytajetь (impf., -a-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)
Suffix: *-ati
Verbal noun Infinitive Supine L-participle
*skytanьje *skytati *skytatъ *skytalъ
Participles
Tense Past Present
Passive *skytanъ *skytajemъ
Active *skytavъ *skytaję
Aorist Present
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Singular *skytaxъ*skyta*skyta *skytajǫ*skytaješi*skytajetь
Dual *skytaxově*skytasta*skytaste *skytajevě*skytajeta*skytajete
Plural *skytaxomъ*skytaste*skytašę *skytajemъ*skytajete*skytajǫtь
Imperfect Imperative
Person 1st2nd3rd 1st2nd3rd
Singular *skytaaxъ*skytaaše*skytaaše —*skytaji*skytaji
Dual *skytaaxově*skytaašeta*skytaašete *skytajivě*skytajita—
Plural *skytaaxomъ*skytaašete*skytaaxǫ *skytajimъ*skytajite—

Descendants
  • East Slavic
    • Old East Slavic: скꙑтати сѧ (skytati sę)
  • South Slavic
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      • Serbian Church Slavonic: скꙑтати сѧ (skytati sę)
    • Bulgarian: ски́там (skítam)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: ски́тати
      Latin script: skítati
    • Slovene: skítati sе (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:

Further reading
  • Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (2002), “скитам”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 6 (пỳскам – словàр²), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 752
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “скитаться”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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