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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/žeťi

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 earlier *gegti, reflecting an irregular change *d > *g from *degti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *degtéi, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰégʷʰeti. Cognate with Lithuanian dègti, Latvian degt, Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰáǰʰati, Albanian djeg.

The assimilation *d-g- > *g-g- in Slavic probably have spread from the 0-grade forms, which created a similar environment to the so-called thorn clusters in Proto-Indo-European. Compare the descendants of Proto-Indo-European *dʰgʷʰey- (to dwindle, to perish).

Verb

*žeťì impf (perfective *žegnǫti)[1][2][3][4]

  1. (transitive) to burn
  2. to heat up

Alternative forms

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • *žežiti (to heat, to warm up to incandescence)
  • *žьgovati (to brand, to burn)
  • *žigъ (burn mark, brand)
  • *žežьkъ (hot, torrid, incandescent)
  • *žega (heat, sweltor)
  • *žestokъ (cruel) (probably)
  • *žestostь (cruelty) (probably)

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Belarusian: джгаць (džhacʹ)
    • Russian: жечь (žečʹ)
    • Ukrainian: жегчи́ (žehčý) (dated), жегти́ (žehtý) (dated)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Cyrillic: жещи (žešti) (both 1p. sg. pres. жегѫ (žegǫ) and жьгѫ (žĭgǫ) are attested)
      Glagolitic: [Term?]
    • Bulgarian: жежа́ (žežá), dial. же́гам (žégam)
    • Macedonian: жеже (žeže)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic: жѐћи
      Latin: žèći
    • Slovene: žgáti (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*žegti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 554: “v. (c) ‘burn’”
  2. Derksen, Rick (2015), “degti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 119:*žegtì v. (c) ‘burn’”
  3. Olander, Thomas (2001), žegti: žegǫ (žьgǫ) žežetь”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:c brænde (PR 139)”
  4. Snoj, Marko (2016), žgáti”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar3 (in Slovene), https://fran.si: “*žet'i̋”
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