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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kytiti
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
Most likely, a causative verb of *kỳta (“twig, adornment”) + *-iti, from the expressive Proto-Slavic *kyti (“to pound, to bash”) / Proto-Slavic *kyvati (“to nod, to wing, to take a look”)[1], ultimately either from Proto-Indo-European *kewh₂- (“to hew, to forge”) or from Proto-Indo-European *keh₁w- (“to flash, to swing”).
Verb
*kỳtiti impf
- to stack, to form a bouquet
- (by extension) to decorate
Inflection
Conjugation of *kytiti (impf., -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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| *kyťenьje | *kytiti | *kytitъ | *kytilъ |
| Participles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tense | Past | Present |
| Passive | *kyťenъ | *kytimъ |
| Active | *kyťь | *kytę |
| Aorist | Present | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *kytixъ | *kyti | *kyti | *kyťǫ | *kytiši | *kytitь |
| Dual | *kytixově | *kytista | *kytiste | *kytivě | *kytita | *kytite |
| Plural | *kytixomъ | *kytiste | *kytišę | *kytimъ | *kytite | *kytętь |
| Imperfect | Imperative | |||||
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *kyťaaxъ | *kyťaaše | *kyťaaše | — | *kyti | *kyti |
| Dual | *kyťaaxově | *kyťaašeta | *kyťaašete | *kytivě | *kytita | — |
| Plural | *kyťaaxomъ | *kyťaašete | *kyťaaxǫ | *kytimъ | *kytite | — |
- Notes:
- (*)*kytivъ is later doublet of past active participle
Related terms
- *kuka (“hook”)
- *kutiti (“to take care, to device, to shove”)
- *kytati (“to hide, to protect”)
- *kyčiti (“to hang, to decorate”)
- *kytъ (“sheaf, decoration”)
- *kytъka (“wrist, bouquet”)
- *kytъčestъ (“flamboyant”)
Derived terms
- *kytьnъ (“pretty, adorned”)
- *kytьje (“sheaf of twigs/leaves”)
- *kytežь (“stacking, decoration”)
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Ukrainian: кити́ти (kytýty)
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic: *кꙑтити (*kytiti)
- ⇒ Romanian: chiti (“to decorate”)
- Bulgarian: кѝтя (kìtja)
- Macedonian: кити (kiti)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: ки̏тити
- Latin: kȉtiti
- Slovene: kítiti
- Old Church Slavonic: *кꙑтити (*kytiti)
Further reading
- Trubačóv, Oleg, editor (1987), “*kytiti”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ slavjanskix jazykov [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), volume 13, Moscow: Nauka, page 281
- Georgiev Vl. I., editor (1979), “китя”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 2, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 399
- Snoj, Marko (2016), “kítiti”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar, Ljubljana: Inštitut za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, →ISBN
References
- Snoj, Marko (2016), “kita”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar, Ljubljana: Inštitut za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, →ISBN: “*ky̋ti”