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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]

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