Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/dojiti

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

By surface analysis, *dojь +‎ *-iti, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁(y)-. Cognate with Latvian dêt (“to suck”), Sanskrit धयति (dháyati, “to suck”), Latin fellō (“to suck”), Gothic 𐌳𐌰𐌳𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽 (daddjan, “to breastfeed”).

Verb

*dojìti impf

1. to give milk
2. to milk

Conjugation

Conjugation of *dojiti, *doji, *dojitь (impf., -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm c)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*dojenьje	*dojiti	*dojitъ	*dojilъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*dojenъ	*dojimъ
Active	*dojь	*doję

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*dojixъ	*doji	*doji	*dojǫ	*dojiši	*dojitь
Dual	*dojixově	*dojista	*dojiste	*dojivě	*dojita	*dojite
Plural	*dojixomъ	*dojiste	*dojišę	*dojimъ	*dojite	*dojętь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*dojaaxъ	*dojaaše	*dojaaše	—	*doji	*doji
Dual	*dojaaxově	*dojaašeta	*dojaašete	*dojivě	*dojita	—
Plural	*dojaaxomъ	*dojaašete	*dojaaxǫ	*dojimъ	*dojite	—

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

Derived terms

• *dojidlo (“milking machine? milking?”)
  • *dojidlica (“nurse, nursing animal”)
  • *dojidlьja
  • *dojidlьna
    • *dojidlьnica

Related terms

• *dětę, *dětь (“child”)
• *děva (“maiden, girl”)
• *děvica (“maiden, girl”)

 

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: доити (doiti)
    • Old Ruthenian: дои́ти (doʲíti)
      • Belarusian: даі́ць (daícʹ)
      • Carpathian Rusyn: дои́ти (doýty)
      • Ukrainian: дої́ти (dojíty)
    • Russian: дои́ть (doítʹ)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: доити (doiti)

    Glagolitic script: ⰴⱁⰹⱅⰹ (doiti)

  • Bulgarian: доя́ (dojá)
  • Macedonian: до́и (dói)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: до̀јити

    Latin script: dòjiti

    • Chakavian (Vrgada): dojȉti
    • Chakavian (Orbanići): dojȉt
  • Slovene: dojīti (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: dojit
  • Polabian: düjĕ (3sg.)
  • Polish: doić
  • Slovak: dojiť
  • Slovincian: dôjic
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: dejić, dojić
    • Lower Sorbian: dojś

Further reading

• Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “доить”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 259
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “дои́ть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1978), “*dojiti (sę)”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 5 (*dělo – *dьržьlь), Moscow: Nauka, page 53