Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/sunǫti

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 Proto-Balto-Slavic *śūˀ- + *-nǫti. A different grade *śauˀ- yields Proto-Slavic *sovati (“to shove”); see that verb for further cognates.

Verb

*sunǫti pf (imperfective *sovati)

1. to shove, to thrust

Inflection

Conjugation of *sunǫti, *sunǫ, *sunetь (perf., -n-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*sunovenьje	*sunǫti	*sunǫtъ	*sunǫlъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*sunovenъ	—
Active	*sunǫvъ	—

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*sunǫxъ	*sunǫ	*sunǫ	*sunǫ	*suneši	*sunetь
Dual	*sunǫxově	*sunǫsta	*sunǫste	*sunevě	*suneta	*sunete
Plural	*sunǫxomъ	*sunǫste	*sunǫšę	*sunemъ	*sunete	*sunǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	—	—	—	—	*suni	*suni
Dual	—	—	—	*suněvě	*suněta	—
Plural	—	—	—	*suněmъ	*suněte	—

Notes:
• In perfective verbs, present expresses future

Related terms

• *sovati (“to shove”)
• *sudlica

Derived terms

• *jьsunǫti

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: сꙋнꙋти (sunuti, “to throw”), 1sg. сꙋнꙋ (sunu)
    • Belarusian: су́нуць (súnucʹ)
    • Russian: су́нуть (súnutʹ, “to shove, to thrust”), 1sg. су́ну (súnu)
    • Ukrainian: су́нути (súnuty)

• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: сунѫти (sunǫti)

    Glagolitic script: ⱄⱆⱀⱘⱅⰻ (sunǫti)

  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: су́нути (“to pour, to strew”), 1sg. су̑не̄м

    Latin: súnuti (“to pour, to strew”), 1sg. sȗnēm

  • Slovene: súniti (“to thrust, to knock”) (tonal orthography), 1sg. sȗnem (tonal orthography)

• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: sunúti
    • Czech: sunout
  • Old Polish: sunąć
    • Polish: sunąć
  • Slovak: sunúť
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: sunyć
    • Lower Sorbian: sunuś

References

• Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “сова́ть”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 184
• Derksen, Rick (2008) “*sunǫti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 474
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “су́нуть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “сова́ть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress