Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/-ti
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Proto-Slavic
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- (palatalized form when the infinitive stem ends in velar consonant): *-ťi
Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Balto-Slavic *-tei, from the dialectal Proto-Indo-European *-tey, the dative or locative singular of *-tis (as opposed to the regular dative *-tey-ey, with a suffix *-tey- in e-grade and the dative singular ending *-ey).
E.g. Late Proto-Slavic *dàti (“to give”) < Early Proto-Slavic *dā́ˀtei < Proto-Balto-Slavic *dṓˀtei < earlier *deh₃téy < Proto-Indo-European *dh₃téy (and not *deh₃tey-ey), nominative *déh₃tis, from the root *deh₃-.
Suffix
[edit]*-ti
- The ending of the infinitive. Not productive by itself; new verbs were created with a variety of stem-forming suffixes before the ending.
Descendants
[edit]Most of modern languages, except South Slavic, Rusyn, and Ukrainian, use the shortened form *-tь (not just can be inferred from Russian, but also its lengthening effects, as in *dǫti → *dǭtь → Polish dąć.
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- Ranko Matasović (2008), Poredbenopovijesna gramatika hrvatskog jezika, Matica hrvatska: Zagreb, page 300