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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/svistati

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

Possibly, from Proto-Indo-European *sweysd- (“to hiss”),[1] of imitative origin.

Verb

*svistati

  1. to whistle, to swish

Inflection
Conjugation of *svistati, *svista, *svisťetь (?, -a/j-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)
Suffix: *-ati
Verbal noun Infinitive Supine L-participle
*svistanьje *svistati *svistatъ *svistalъ
Participles
Tense Past Present
Passive *svistanъ *svisťemъ
Active *svistavъ *svisťę
Aorist Present
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Singular *svistaxъ*svista*svista *svisťǫ*svisťeši*svisťetь
Dual *svistaxově*svistasta*svistaste *svisťevě*svisťeta*svisťete
Plural *svistaxomъ*svistaste*svistašę *svisťemъ*svisťete*svisťǫtь
Imperfect Imperative
Person 1st2nd3rd 1st2nd3rd
Singular *svistaaxъ*svistaaše*svistaaše —*svisťi*svisťi
Dual *svistaaxově*svistaašeta*svistaašete *svisťivě*svisťita—
Plural *svistaaxomъ*svistaašete*svistaaxǫ *svisťimъ*svisťite—

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: свистати (svistati)
      • Belarusian: свістаць (svistacʹ)
      • Russian: свиста́ть (svistátʹ)
      • Ukrainian: свиста́ти (svystáty)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic script: свистати (svistati)
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: svistat
    • Kashubian: szwistac
    • Polish: świstać
    • Slovak: svištať

References
  1. Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*swizd-o-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 365

Further reading
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “свист”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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