Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/gvizdati

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

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

*gvizdati impf

1. West Slavic form of *zvizdati (“to whistle”)

Conjugation

Conjugation of *gvizdati, *gvizde, *gvizďetь (impf., intr., -C/j-, _/ox-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*gvizdenьje	*gvizdati	*gvizdatъ	*gvizdlъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	—	—
Active	*gvizdъ	*gvizďę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*gvizd(ox)ъ	*gvizde	*gvizde	*gvizďǫ	*gvizďeši	*gvizďetь
Dual	*gvizd(ox)ově	*gvizd(e/os)ta	*gvizd(e/os)te	*gvizďevě	*gvizďeta	*gvizďete
Plural	*gvizd(ox)omъ	*gvizd(e/os)te	*gvizdǫ, *gvizdošę	*gvizďemъ	*gvizďete	*gvizďǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*gvizďaaxъ	*gvizďaaše	*gvizďaaše	—	*gvizďi	*gvizďi
Dual	*gvizďaaxově	*gvizďaašeta	*gvizďaašete	*gvizďivě	*gvizďita	—
Plural	*gvizďaaxomъ	*gvizďaašete	*gvizďaaxǫ	*gvizďimъ	*gvizďite	—

Descendants

• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: hvízdati
    • Czech: hvízdat
  • Kashubian: gwizdac
  • Old Polish: gwizdać
    • Polish: gwizdać
  • Slovak: hvízdať
  • Slovincian: gwjizdac
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: gwizdaś
    • Upper Sorbian: hwizdać

Further reading

• Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “gwizdać”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN, page 190