Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ęti

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 Early Proto-Slavic *íntēj,^[1] from Proto-Balto-Slavic *ímtei (“to take”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁m̥-é-ti, from *h₁em- (“to take”).^[2]

Verb

*ętì^[2]^[3]^[4]

to take

Conjugation

Conjugation of *ęti, *ę(tъ), *jьmetь (?, -V/C-, t-aorist, accent paradigm b)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*ętьje	*ęti	*ętъ	*ęlъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*ętъ	*jьmomъ
Active	*jьmъ	*jьmy

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*ęsъ	*ę(tъ)	*ę(tъ)	*jьmǫ	*jьmeši	*jьmetь
Dual	*ęsově	*ęsta	*ęste	*jьmevě	*jьmeta	*jьmete
Plural	*ęsomъ	*ęste	*ęsę	*jьmemъ	*jьmete	*jьmǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*jьměaxъ	*jьměaše	*jьměaše	—	*jьmi	*jьmi
Dual	*jьměaxově	*jьměašeta	*jьměašete	*jьměvě	*jьměta	—
Plural	*jьměaxomъ	*jьměašete	*jьměaxǫ	*jьměmъ	*jьměte	—

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: ѩти (jęti), ѧти (jęti); ⇒ -нѧти (-nęti)
  - Old Ruthenian: ѧти (jati); ⇒ -нѧти (-njati), нѧти (njati); инѧти (injati)
    - Belarusian: -ня́ць (-njácʹ)
    - Ukrainian: -я́ти (-játy), -ня́ти (-njáty), йня́ти (jnjáty)
  - Russian: ять (jatʹ) (dialectal); ⇒ -ня́ть (-njátʹ)
- Old Novgorodian: ѩти (jęti), ѧти (jęti); ⇒ -нѧти (-nęti)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Glagolitic script: ⱗⱅⰻ (jęti), ⱔⱅⰻ (ęti)
  
  Old Cyrillic script: ѩти (jęti), ѧти (ęti)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: је́ти
  
  Latin script: jéti
- Slovene: jẹ́ti (tonal orthography) (archaic)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: jieti
  - Czech: jmout (dated)
- Old Polish: jąć
  - Polish: jąć (archaic)
  - Silesian: jōńć
- Pomeranian:
  - Kashubian: jąc, jic
  - Slovincian: -jyc
- Polabian: jėmĕ (3sg.)
- Slovak: jať

References

^ Klotz, Emanuel (2017), “íntēj”, in Urslawisches Wörterbuch [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in German), 1st edition, Wien: Facultas, →ISBN, page 118
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Derksen, Rick (2008), “*ęti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 158: “v. ‘take’”
^ Olander, Thomas (2001), “jęti: jьmǫ jьmetь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎^[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b (SA 203, 212f., 247, 251; PR 136)”
^ Snoj, Marko (2016), “jẹ́ti”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “*ję́ti”

[1] Klotz, Emanuel (2017), “íntēj”, in Urslawisches Wörterbuch [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in German), 1st edition, Wien: Facultas, →ISBN, page 118

[EDSIL-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Derksen, Rick (2008), “*ęti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 158: “v. ‘take’”

[3] Olander, Thomas (2001), “jęti: jьmǫ jьmetь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎^[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b (SA 203, 212f., 247, 251; PR 136)”

[4] Snoj, Marko (2016), “jẹ́ti”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “*ję́ti”

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