Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kojiti

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

Derived from Proto-Indo-European *kʷyeh₁- (“to rest”).

Verb

*kojiti

1. (transitive) to assuage, to soothe

Inflection

Conjugation of *kojiti, *koji, *kojitь (?, -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

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

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*kojenьje	*kojiti	*kojitъ	*kojilъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*kojenъ	*kojimъ
Active	*kojь	*koję

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*kojixъ	*koji	*koji	*kojǫ	*kojiši	*kojitь
Dual	*kojixově	*kojista	*kojiste	*kojivě	*kojita	*kojite
Plural	*kojixomъ	*kojiste	*kojišę	*kojimъ	*kojite	*kojętь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*kojaaxъ	*kojaaše	*kojaaše	—	*koji	*koji
Dual	*kojaaxově	*kojaašeta	*kojaašete	*kojivě	*kojita	—
Plural	*kojaaxomъ	*kojaašete	*kojaaxǫ	*kojimъ	*kojite	—

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

Related terms

noun

• *pokòjь

 

verb

• *počìti

 

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old Ruthenian: ко́ити (kóiti), ко́итисѧ (kóitisja)
    • Belarusian: ко́яцца (kójacca, “to mock, scoff”) (dialectal)
    • Ukrainian: ко́їти (kójity, “to contrive”), ко́їтися (kójitysja)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: ко́я (kója) (dialectal)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: којити (dialectal)

    Latin script: kojiti (dialectal)

• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: kojiti
    • Czech: kojit
  • Old Polish: koić
    • Polish: koić
  • Slovak: kojiť

Further reading

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