Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/sěti

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 1

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *sḗˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *seh₁-. Cognate with English sow, Latin serere, Latvian sẽt and Lithuanian sė́ti.

Verb

*sě̀ti impf[1]

to sow

Conjugation

Conjugation of *sěti, *sě, *sějetь (impf., -V-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*sětьje	*sěti	*sětъ	*sělъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*sětъ	*sějemъ
Active	*sěvъ	*sěję

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*sěxъ	*sě	*sě	*sějǫ	*sěješi	*sějetь
Dual	*sěxově	*sěsta	*sěste	*sějevě	*sějeta	*sějete
Plural	*sěxomъ	*sěste	*sěšę	*sějemъ	*sějete	*sějǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*sěaxъ	*sěaše	*sěaše	—	*sěji	*sěji
Dual	*sěaxově	*sěašeta	*sěašete	*sějivě	*sějita	—
Plural	*sěaxomъ	*sěašete	*sěaxǫ	*sějimъ	*sějite	—

Alternative forms

*sějati

Derived terms

*sětva (“sowing”)
*sěvati

Related terms

*sě̀mę (“seed”)

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Belarusian: се́яць (sjéjacʹ)
- Russian: се́ять (séjatʹ), сѣ́ять (sě́jatʹ)
  - → Kildin Sami: сейе (sʹejʹe)
- Ukrainian: сі́яти (síjaty)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic: сѣти (sěti), сѣꙗти (sějati), сѣати (sěati), сиѣти (siěti), сѣѣти (sěěti)
- Bulgarian: се́я (séja)
- Macedonian: сее (see)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: си̏јати, се̏јати
  Latin: sȉjati, sȅjati
  - Chakavian (Vrgada): sȉjati
  - Chakavian (Orbanići): sȅjat
- Slovene: sejáti (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: sieti
  - Czech: sít
- Polabian: sejôt
- Polish: siać
- Slovak: siať
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: seś
  - Upper Sorbian: syć

Etymology 2

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *seˀi- / Proto-Balto-Slavic *sˀi-, from Proto-Indo-European *seh₁y-. Cognate with Latvian sijāt, Lithuanian sijóti, and Ancient Greek ἠθέω (ēthéō).