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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/voditi
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *wádīˀtei.
Verb
*vodìti[1][2][3]
- to lead, to conduct
Conjugation
Conjugation of *voditi, *vodi, *voditь (?, -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm b)
Suffix: *-iti
― iterative (*nositi⇐*nesti)
― causative (*pojiti⇐*piti)
― ...
― iterative (*nositi⇐*nesti)
― causative (*pojiti⇐*piti)
― ...
| Verbal noun | Infinitive | Supine | L-participle |
|---|---|---|---|
| *voďenьje | *voditi | *voditъ | *vodilъ |
| Participles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tense | Past | Present |
| Passive | *voďenъ | *vodimъ |
| Active | *voďь | *vodę |
| Aorist | Present | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *vodixъ | *vodi | *vodi | *voďǫ | *vodiši | *voditь |
| Dual | *vodixově | *vodista | *vodiste | *vodivě | *vodita | *vodite |
| Plural | *vodixomъ | *vodiste | *vodišę | *vodimъ | *vodite | *vodętь |
| Imperfect | Imperative | |||||
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *voďaaxъ | *voďaaše | *voďaaše | — | *vodi | *vodi |
| Dual | *voďaaxově | *voďaašeta | *voďaašete | *vodivě | *vodita | — |
| Plural | *voďaaxomъ | *voďaašete | *voďaaxǫ | *vodimъ | *vodite | — |
- Notes:
- (*)*vodivъ is a later doublet of the past active participle
Derived terms
- *vodъ (“conduct, lead”)
- *vojevoda
- *vodьnikъ
- *sъvodъ
- *vodičь (“leader”)
- *voďь (“leader, chief”)
- *vaditi (“to take out, pull”)
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: водити (voditi)
- Old Ruthenian: водити (voditi)
- Belarusian: вадзі́ць (vadzícʹ)
- Ukrainian: води́ти (vodýty)
- Russian: води́ть (vodítʹ)
- → Kildin Sami: во̄дтэ (vōdte)
- Old Ruthenian: водити (voditi)
- Old East Slavic: водити (voditi)
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Old Cyrillic: водити (voditi)
- Glagolitic: ⰲⱁⰴⰻⱅⰻ (voditi)
- Bulgarian: во́дя (vódja)
- Macedonian: во́ди (vódi)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: во̀дити
- Latin: vòditi
- Slovene: vodīti (tonal orthography)
- Old Church Slavonic:
- West Slavic:
- Old Czech: voditi
- Czech: vodit
- Bohemian (Chod dialect): vláha
- Czech: vodit
- Old Polish: wodzić
- Polish: wodzić
- Slovak: vodiť
- Sorbian:
- Upper Sorbian: wodźić
- Lower Sorbian: wóźiś
- Old Czech: voditi
References
- Derksen, Rick (2008), “*vodìti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 523: “v. (b) ‘lead, conduct’”
- Olander, Thomas (2001), “voditi: vodjǫ voditь”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b lede, føre (PR 137)”
- Snoj, Marko (2016), “vodīti”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar3 (in Slovene), https://fran.si: “*vodi̋ti”