Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/skomiti

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 *skom- + *-iti. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kem-, *(s)kom-.

Verb

*skomiti impf

1. to compress, squeeze

Inflection

Conjugation of *skomiti, *skomi, *skomitь (impf., -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Suffix: *-iti
― iterative (*nositi⇐*nesti)
― causative (*pojiti⇐*piti)
― ...

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*skomľenьje	*skomiti	*skomitъ	*skomilъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*skomľenъ	*skomimъ
Active	*skomľь	*skomę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*skomixъ	*skomi	*skomi	*skomľǫ	*skomiši	*skomitь
Dual	*skomixově	*skomista	*skomiste	*skomivě	*skomita	*skomite
Plural	*skomixomъ	*skomiste	*skomišę	*skomimъ	*skomite	*skomętь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*skomľaaxъ	*skomľaaše	*skomľaaše	—	*skomi	*skomi
Dual	*skomľaaxově	*skomľaašeta	*skomľaašete	*skomivě	*skomita	—
Plural	*skomľaaxomъ	*skomľaašete	*skomľaaxǫ	*skomimъ	*skomite	—

Notes:
• (*)*skomivъ is a later doublet of the past active participle

Related terms

• *skemiti > *sčemiti (“to pinch”)

Derived terms

• *obskomiti (“to squeeze”)
  • *obskormъ
  • *obskormьnъ
• *obskoma
  • *obskormina

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Russian: скоми́ть (skomítʹ) (dialectal)
    • ⇒ Russian: ско́мнуть (skómnutʹ) (dialectal)
  • ⇒ Ukrainian: скомта́ти (skomtáty) (dialectal)
• South Slavic:
  • Slovene: skométi (tonal orthography)

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “скоми́ть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress