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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/sijati

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-Indo-European *(s)ḱeh₁y- (“to shine”), related to Proto-Germanic *skīnaną (“to shine”), Proto-Germanic *skīmarōną (“to shimmer”). Both root thematic[1] and secondary stative[2] conjugation in *-jati are attested, with no difference in meaning.

Verb

*sijati impf[3][4]

  1. to shine, to illuminate
    Synonyms: *světiti, *ozariti

Alternative forms

Inflection

Derived terms

  • *sijajьnъ (“radiant, bright”)
  • *sinica (“tit”)
  • *siňь (“blue, glaucus”)
  • *sivъ (“gray, faint”) (possibly)
  • *sojь (“shady”) (possibly)

Descendants

Further reading

References

  1. Olander, Thomas (2001), “sьjati: sějǫ sějetь”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a (SA 205, 246)”
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001), “sьjati: sьjajǫ sьjajetь”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a ?så (PR 134)”
  3. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*sijati”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 450: “v. 'shine'”
  4. Snoj, Marko (2016), “sijáti”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar3 (in Slovene), https://fran.si: “*sьja̋ti”
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