Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/prositi

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 *práśīˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *proḱ-éye-ti, causative of *preḱ-.

Verb

*prosìti

1. to ask

Conjugation

Conjugation of *prositi, *prosi, *prositь (?, -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm b)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*prošenьje	*prositi	*prositъ	*prosilъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*prošenъ	*prosimъ
Active	*prošь	*prosę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*prosixъ	*prosi	*prosi	*prošǫ	*prosiši	*prositь
Dual	*prosixově	*prosista	*prosiste	*prosivě	*prosita	*prosite
Plural	*prosixomъ	*prosiste	*prosišę	*prosimъ	*prosite	*prosętь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*prošaaxъ	*prošaaše	*prošaaše	—	*prosi	*prosi
Dual	*prošaaxově	*prošaašeta	*prošaašete	*prosivě	*prosita	—
Plural	*prošaaxomъ	*prošaašete	*prošaaxǫ	*prosimъ	*prosite	—

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

Derived terms

• *prošakъ (“beggar; asker”)
• *prositeľь (“beggar”)
• *prošьka (“remission, pardon”)
• *prosinьcь (“December; January”) ?

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: просити (prositi)
    • Belarusian: прасі́ць (prasícʹ)
    • Russian: проси́ть (prosítʹ)
    • Ukrainian: проси́ти (prosýty)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic: просити (prositi)
  • Bulgarian: про́ся (prósja)
  • Macedonian: про́си (prósi)
  • Serbo-Croatian:
    • Cyrillic script: про̀сити
    • Latin script: pròsiti
  • Slovene: prósiti
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: prositi
    • Czech: prosit
  • Kashubian: prosëc
  • Polabian: prüsĕt
  • Old Polish: prosić
    • Polish: prosić
  • Slovak: prosiť
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: pšosyś
    • Upper Sorbian: prosyć