Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/goditi

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 *gad-, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰodʰ-, from the root *gʰedʰ-. Cognate with Latvian gadîtiês (“to happen”), Lithuanian guõdas (“honor, worship, hospitality”), Latvian gòds (“honor, wedding, banquet”), Proto-Germanic *gōdaz (“good”) (whence English good).

Verb

*godìti

1. to please

Inflection

Conjugation of *goditi, *godi, *goditь (?, -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm c)

Suffix: *-iti
― iterative (*nositi⇐*nesti)
― causative (*pojiti⇐*piti)
― ...

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*goďenьje	*goditi	*goditъ	*godilъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*goďenъ	*godimъ
Active	*goďь	*godę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*godixъ	*godi	*godi	*goďǫ	*godiši	*goditь
Dual	*godixově	*godista	*godiste	*godivě	*godita	*godite
Plural	*godixomъ	*godiste	*godišę	*godimъ	*godite	*godętь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*goďaaxъ	*goďaaše	*goďaaše	—	*godi	*godi
Dual	*goďaaxově	*goďaašeta	*goďaašete	*godivě	*godita	—
Plural	*goďaaxomъ	*goďaašete	*goďaaxǫ	*godimъ	*godite	—

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

Related terms

• *gȏdъ (“right time”)
• *godina (“time? hour? year?”)
• *godьnъ (“suitable”)
• *negodovati (“to be indignant”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: годи́ти (godíti)
    • Old Ruthenian: годи́ти (hodíti)
      • Belarusian: гадзі́ць (hadzícʹ)
      • Ukrainian: годи́ти (hodýty)
    • Russian: годи́ть (godítʹ)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: годѧ (godę, present active participle)

    Glagolitic script: [Term?]

    • Russian Church Slavonic: годити (goditi)
  • Bulgarian: годя́ (godjá)
  • Macedonian: годи (godi)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: го̀дити

    Latin script: gòditi

    • Chakavian (Orbanići): godȉt
  • Slovene: godīti (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: hoditi
    • Czech: hodit
  • Kashubian: gòdzëc
  • Polish: godzić
  • Slovak: hodiť
  • Slovincian: gôdzëc
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: hodźić
    • Lower Sorbian: góźiś

Further reading

• Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “годи́ться”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volumes 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 198
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1979), “*goditi (sę)”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 6 (*e – *golva), Moscow: Nauka, page 188
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “год”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress