Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/gostiti

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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/gostiti

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 *gostь (“guest”) +‎ *-iti.

Verb

*gostiti

1. to host

Inflection

Conjugation of *gostiti, *gosti, *gostitь (?, -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Suffix: *-iti
― iterative (*nositi⇐*nesti)
― causative (*pojiti⇐*piti)
― ...

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*gosťenьje	*gostiti	*gostitъ	*gostilъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*gosťenъ	*gostimъ
Active	*gosťь	*gostę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*gostixъ	*gosti	*gosti	*gosťǫ	*gostiši	*gostitь
Dual	*gostixově	*gostista	*gostiste	*gostivě	*gostita	*gostite
Plural	*gostixomъ	*gostiste	*gostišę	*gostimъ	*gostite	*gostętь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*gosťaaxъ	*gosťaaše	*gosťaaše	—	*gosti	*gosti
Dual	*gosťaaxově	*gosťaašeta	*gosťaašete	*gostivě	*gostita	—
Plural	*gosťaaxomъ	*gosťaašete	*gosťaaxǫ	*gostimъ	*gostite	—

Notes:
• (*)*gostivъ is a later doublet of the past active participle

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: гостити (gostiti)
    • Belarusian: гасьці́ць (hasʹcícʹ) (dialectal)
    • Russian: гости́ть (gostítʹ)
    • Ukrainian: гости́ти (hostýty)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:
    • Russian Church Slavonic: гостити (gostiti)
  • Bulgarian: гостя̀ (gostjà)
  • Macedonian: гости (gosti)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic: го̀стити

    Latin: gòstiti

  • Slovene: gostíti (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: hostit
  • Polish: gościć
  • Slovak: hostiť
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: hościć

Further reading

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1980), “*gostiti”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 7 (*golvačь – *gyžati), Moscow: Nauka, page 66