Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kъrčiti

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 Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-k-, a k-extension of *(s)ker- (“to turn, bend”).

Verb

*kъrčiti (sę)

(transitive, reflexive) to contort, to twist, to writhe
(reflexive) to contract, to shrink (to become smaller)

Inflection

Conjugation of *kъrčiti, *kъrči, *kъrčitь (?, -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

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

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*kъrčenьje	*kъrčiti	*kъrčitъ	*kъrčilъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*kъrčenъ	*kъrčimъ
Active	*kъrčь	*kъrčę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*kъrčixъ	*kъrči	*kъrči	*kъrčǫ	*kъrčiši	*kъrčitь
Dual	*kъrčixově	*kъrčista	*kъrčiste	*kъrčivě	*kъrčita	*kъrčite
Plural	*kъrčixomъ	*kъrčiste	*kъrčišę	*kъrčimъ	*kъrčite	*kъrčętь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*kъrčaaxъ	*kъrčaaše	*kъrčaaše	—	*kъrči	*kъrči
Dual	*kъrčaaxově	*kъrčaašeta	*kъrčaašete	*kъrčivě	*kъrčita	—
Plural	*kъrčaaxomъ	*kъrčaašete	*kъrčaaxǫ	*kъrčimъ	*kъrčite	—

(*)*kъrčivъ is a later doublet of the past active participle

Related terms

adjectives

*kъrčavъ
*kъrxъ

nouns

*kъrčь
*kъrkъ

Descendants

East Slavic
- Russian: ко́рчить (kórčitʹ)
- Ukrainian: ко́рчити (kórčyty)
South Slavic
- ⇒ Old Church Slavonic: съкръчити (sŭkrŭčiti)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  >? Cyrillic: кр́чити
  >? Latin: kŕčiti
- Slovene: kŕčiti (tonal orthography)
West Slavic
- Czech: krčit
- Old Polish: kurczyć
  - Polish: kurczyć
- Slovak: krčiť