Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ęti

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-Balto-Slavic *ímtei, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁em-.

Verb

*ętì[1][2][3]

to take

Conjugation

Conjugation of *ęti, *ę(tъ), *jьmetь (?, -V/C-, t-aorist, accent paradigm b)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*ętьje	*ęti	*ętъ	*ęlъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*ętъ	*jьmomъ
Active	*jьmъ	*jьmy

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*ęsъ	*ę(tъ)	*ę(tъ)	*jьmǫ	*jьmeši	*jьmetь
Dual	*ęsově	*ęsta	*ęste	*jьmevě	*jьmeta	*jьmete
Plural	*ęsomъ	*ęste	*ęsę	*jьmemъ	*jьmete	*jьmǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*jьměaxъ	*jьměaše	*jьměaše	—	*jьmi	*jьmi
Dual	*jьměaxově	*jьměašeta	*jьměašete	*jьměvě	*jьměta	—
Plural	*jьměaxomъ	*jьměašete	*jьměaxǫ	*jьměmъ	*jьměte	—

Related terms

*jьmati
*jьměti

Derived terms

*emьcь
*sъjьmъ / *sǫjьmъ
*orzjьmъ
*sъnęti
*vъzęti
*jьzęti
*vъnęti
*otęti
*ędlo
*nejęsytь

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: ѧти (ęti)
  - Old Ruthenian: ѧти (jati)
- Russian: ять (jatʹ) (dialectal)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic: ѧти (ęti)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: је́ти
  Latin: jéti
- Slovene: jẹ́ti (tonal orthography) (archaic)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: jieti
  - Czech: jmout
- Kashubian: jic
- Polish: jąć
- Polabian: jėmĕ (3sg.)

References

Derksen, Rick (2008), “*ęti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 158: “v. ‘take’”
Olander, Thomas (2001), “jęti: jьmǫ jьmetь”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b (SA 203, 212f., 247, 251; PR 136)”
Snoj, Marko (2016), “jẹ́ti”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar³ (in Slovene), https://fran.si: “*ję́ti”

[1] Derksen, Rick (2008), “*ęti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 158: “v. ‘take’”

[2] Olander, Thomas (2001), “jęti: jьmǫ jьmetь”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b (SA 203, 212f., 247, 251; PR 136)”

[3] Snoj, Marko (2016), “jẹ́ti”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar³ (in Slovene), https://fran.si: “*ję́ti”