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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/vitati
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁- (“to pursue, hunt”).[1]
Baltic cognates include Lithuanian vietà (“place”), Latvian vieta (“place”), pavietat (“to lodge”).
Verb
*vitati
- to live, dwell
- to welcome, greet
Conjugation
Conjugation of *vitati, *vita, *vitajetь (?, -a-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)
Suffix: *-ati
| Verbal noun | Infinitive | Supine | L-participle |
|---|---|---|---|
| *vitanьje | *vitati | *vitatъ | *vitalъ |
| Participles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tense | Past | Present |
| Passive | *vitanъ | *vitajemъ |
| Active | *vitavъ | *vitaję |
| Aorist | Present | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *vitaxъ | *vita | *vita | *vitajǫ | *vitaješi | *vitajetь |
| Dual | *vitaxově | *vitasta | *vitaste | *vitajevě | *vitajeta | *vitajete |
| Plural | *vitaxomъ | *vitaste | *vitašę | *vitajemъ | *vitajete | *vitajǫtь |
| Imperfect | Imperative | |||||
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *vitaaxъ | *vitaaše | *vitaaše | — | *vitaji | *vitaji |
| Dual | *vitaaxově | *vitaašeta | *vitaašete | *vitajivě | *vitajita | — |
| Plural | *vitaaxomъ | *vitaašete | *vitaaxǫ | *vitajimъ | *vitajite | — |
Derived terms
- *obitati (“to dwell in, to live in, to inhabit”)
- *obitanьje (“habitation”)
- *obitateljь (“inhabitant, dweller”)
- *obitělь (“abode, dwelling, habitation; inn, lodging, monastery”)
- *obitělišče
- *obita(d)lišče
- *navitati
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: витати (vitati)
- Old Ruthenian: витати (vitati)
- Belarusian: віта́ць (vitácʹ)
- Rusyn: вита́ти (vytáty)
- Ukrainian: вита́ти (vytáty)
- Russian: вита́ть (vitátʹ)
- Old Ruthenian: витати (vitati)
- Old East Slavic: витати (vitati)
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Old Cyrillic: витати (vitati)
- Glagolitic: ⰲⰻⱅⰰⱅⰻ (vitati)
- Old Church Slavonic:
- West Slavic:
- Old Czech: vítati
- Czech: vítat
- Old Polish: witać
- Polish: witać
- Slovak: vitať
- Sorbian:
- Lower Sorbian: witaś
- Upper Sorbian: witać
- Old Czech: vítati
References
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1123-24
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “витать”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
- Trubachyov, Oleg, Zhuravlyov, A. F., editors (2005), “*obvitati (sę)”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 31 (*obvelčenьje – *obžьniviny), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 62
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1997), “*navitati (sę)”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 24 (*navijati (sę)/*navivati (sę) – *nerodimъ(jь)), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 10