Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/gajati

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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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Of onomatopoeic nature, formed as ga! +‎ *-jati. Continues Proto-Balto-Slavic *gāˀi-, from Proto-Indo-European *g⁽ʷ⁾eH- (to sing). Cognate with Sanskrit गायति (gā́yati, to sing) and akin to Latvian dziêdât (to sing), Lithuanian giedóti (to sing)[1]. The Baltic forms are enlarged with *-d⁽ʰ⁾-.

Verb[edit]

*gajati impf[2]

  1. to caw, to croak

Inflection[edit]

Related terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: гаꙗти (gajati, to caw, croak)
      • Russian: га́ять (gájatʹ, to yawn, talk, scream, curse) (dialectal)

Further reading[edit]

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “гаять”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1979), “*gajati II”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 6 (*e – *golva), Moscow: Nauka, page 84
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “га¹”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 219

References[edit]

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “*giedoti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 174
  2. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*gajati”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 161