Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/šiti

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 *sjū́ˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *syuh₁-.

Verb

*šiti

1. to sew

Conjugation

Conjugation of *šiti, *ši, *šijetь (?, -V-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*šitьje	*šiti	*šitъ	*šilъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*šitъ	*šijemъ
Active	*šivъ	*šiję

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*šixъ	*ši	*ši	*šijǫ	*šiješi	*šijetь
Dual	*šixově	*šista	*šiste	*šijevě	*šijeta	*šijete
Plural	*šixomъ	*šiste	*šišę	*šijemъ	*šijete	*šijǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*šijaaxъ	*šijaaše	*šijaaše	—	*šiji	*šiji
Dual	*šijaaxově	*šijaašeta	*šijaašete	*šijivě	*šijita	—
Plural	*šijaaxomъ	*šijaašete	*šijaaxǫ	*šijimъ	*šijite	—

Derived terms

• *šьvьcь (“tailor, shoemaker”)
• *šidlo (“awl”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: шыць (šycʹ)
  • Russian: шить (šitʹ)
  • Ukrainian: ши́ти (šýty)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic: шити (šiti)
  • Bulgarian: ши́я (šíja)
  • Macedonian: ши́е (šíe)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: ши̏ти

    Latin script: šȉti

  • Slovene: šíti (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: šít
  • Polabian: sait
  • Polish: szyć
  • Slovak: šiť
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: šyś
    • Upper Sorbian: šić