Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/žitъčiti

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

Back-formation from *požitъčiti. May have been formed in post-Proto-Slavic.

Verb

*žitъčiti impf[1]

(intransitive, West Slavic) to wish

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

West Slavic:
- Czech: žičiti (dialectal)
- Kashubian: żëczëc
- Old Polish: życzyć
  - Polish: życzyć
  - → Old Ruthenian: зы́чыти (zýčyti), зы́чити (zýčiti), зи́чити (zíčiti)
    - Belarusian: зы́чыць (zýčycʹ)
    - Ukrainian: зи́чити (zýčyty); жи́чити (žýčyty) (dialectal)
    - → Middle Russian: зы́чити (zýčiti) (16-17ᵗʰ c.)
      - Russian: зы́чить (zýčitʹ) (dialectal)
- Slovak: žičiť
- Sorbian:
  - Upper Sorbian: žičić
  - Lower Sorbian: žycyś

References

Boryś, Wiesław (2005), “życzyć”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN

[1] Boryś, Wiesław (2005), “życzyć”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN