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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kutiti
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
Traditionally connected to Ancient Greek σκεῦος (skeûos) and Proto-Germanic *hawjaną for a Proto-Indo-European *(s)kew-. But, Per Derksen and Vasmer, the etymology is unclear.
Verb
*kutiti
- to devise? to whirl?
Inflection
Conjugation of *kutiti, *kuti, *kutitь (?, -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)
Suffix: *-iti
― iterative (*nositi⇐*nesti)
― causative (*pojiti⇐*piti)
― ...
― iterative (*nositi⇐*nesti)
― causative (*pojiti⇐*piti)
― ...
| Verbal noun | Infinitive | Supine | L-participle |
|---|---|---|---|
| *kuťenьje | *kutiti | *kutitъ | *kutilъ |
| Participles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tense | Past | Present |
| Passive | *kuťenъ | *kutimъ |
| Active | *kuťь | *kutę |
| Aorist | Present | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *kutixъ | *kuti | *kuti | *kuťǫ | *kutiši | *kutitь |
| Dual | *kutixově | *kutista | *kutiste | *kutivě | *kutita | *kutite |
| Plural | *kutixomъ | *kutiste | *kutišę | *kutimъ | *kutite | *kutętь |
| Imperfect | Imperative | |||||
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *kuťaaxъ | *kuťaaše | *kuťaaše | — | *kuti | *kuti |
| Dual | *kuťaaxově | *kuťaašeta | *kuťaašete | *kutivě | *kutita | — |
| Plural | *kuťaaxomъ | *kuťaašete | *kuťaaxǫ | *kutimъ | *kutite | — |
- Notes:
- (*)*kutivъ is a later doublet of the past active participle
Descendants
- Church Slavonic: коутити (kutiti, “to devise”)
- East Slavic:
- Russian: кути́ть (kutítʹ, “to carouse, to revel; to spread gossip (dialectal); to whirl (of a snowstorm) (dialectal)”), 1sg. кучу́ (kučú), 3sg. ку́тит (kútit)
- South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: кутя (kutja, “to take care”)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: ку́тити (“to fall completely into illness”)[1]
- Latin: kútiti (“to fall completely into illness”)[1]
- Slovene: kutiti (“to bend, to hide oneself, to squat”)
- West Slavic:
- Czech: kutit (“to plan, to design, to venture”) (kutit se (“to rummage through”))
- Polabian: t’autait, t’aitait (“to do”)
- Slovak: kutiť (“to look for, to rummage through, to venture”)
- Sorbian:
- Upper Sorbian: kućić (“to do, to be in charge”)
References
- Pero Budmani, editor (1898-1903), “kútiti”, in Rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika (in Serbo-Croatian), volume 5, Zagreb: JAZU, page 839
- Derksen, Rick (2008), “*kutiti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 258
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “кути́ть”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1987), “*kutiti (sę)”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 13 (*kroměžirъ – *kyžiti), Moscow: Nauka, page 139