Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/roniti

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 *h₃reyH- (“to move, set in motion, flow, stream, pour, rain”).

Verb

*roniti

1. (transitive) to shed
2. (transitive) to drop, to spill

Inflection

Conjugation of *roniti, *roni, *ronitь (?, -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

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

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*roňenьje	*roniti	*ronitъ	*ronilъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*roňenъ	*ronimъ
Active	*roňь	*ronę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*ronixъ	*roni	*roni	*roňǫ	*roniši	*ronitь
Dual	*ronixově	*ronista	*roniste	*ronivě	*ronita	*ronite
Plural	*ronixomъ	*roniste	*ronišę	*ronimъ	*ronite	*ronętь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*roňaaxъ	*roňaaše	*roňaaše	—	*roni	*roni
Dual	*roňaaxově	*roňaašeta	*roňaašete	*ronivě	*ronita	—
Plural	*roňaaxomъ	*roňaašete	*roňaaxǫ	*ronimъ	*ronite	—

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

Related terms

nouns

• *rě̄kà
• *ròjь

 

verbs

• *rě̀jati
• *rìnǫti

 

Descendants

• East Slavic
  • ⇒ Old East Slavic: изронити (izroniti)
  • Belarusian: ронíць (ronícʹ)
  • Russian: рони́ть (ronítʹ), роня́ть (ronjátʹ)
  • Ukrainian: рони́ти (ronýty)
• South Slavic
  • Bulgarian: ро́ня (rónja)
  • Macedonian: рони (roni)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: ро̀нити

    Latin script: ròniti

• West Slavic
  • Czech: ronit
  • Polish: ronić
  • Slovak: roniť
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: roniś
    • Upper Sorbian: ronić

Further reading

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