Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/posětiti

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

PIE word
*swé

From Proto-Indo-European *swet-. Includes the prefix *po-. Cognate with Lithuanian svẽčias (“guest”), Ancient Greek ἕταρος (hétaros, “comrade”). Per Derksen, the lengthened grade of the root is unexpected. The Indo-European root comes from the more basic root *swé (“self”) with a root extension.

Verb

*posětiti pf

1. to visit

Inflection

Conjugation of *posětiti, *posěti, *posětitь (?, -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

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

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*posěťenьje	*posětiti	*posětitъ	*posětilъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*posěťenъ	*posětimъ
Active	*posěťь	*posětę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*posětixъ	*posěti	*posěti	*posěťǫ	*posětiši	*posětitь
Dual	*posětixově	*posětista	*posětiste	*posětivě	*posětita	*posětite
Plural	*posětixomъ	*posětiste	*posětišę	*posětimъ	*posětite	*posětętь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*posěťaaxъ	*posěťaaše	*posěťaaše	—	*posěti	*posěti
Dual	*posěťaaxově	*posěťaašeta	*posěťaašete	*posětivě	*posětita	—
Plural	*posěťaaxomъ	*posěťaašete	*posěťaaxǫ	*posětimъ	*posětite	—

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

Related terms

• *svatъ (“kinsman”)
• *svekrъ (“father-in-law”), *svekry (“mother-in-law”)
• *svojь (“own”)
• *sětiti (“to host”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: посѣтити (posětiti)
    • Russian: посети́ть (posetítʹ), 1sg. посещу́ (poseščú), 3sg. посети́т (posetít)
    • Ukrainian: посіти́ти (positýty)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Cyrillic: посѣтити (posětiti), 1sg. посѣщѫ (posěštǫ)

    Glagolitic: [Term?]

  • Bulgarian: посетя́ (posetjá)
  • Macedonian: посети (poseti)
  • Serbo-Croatian:
    • Cyrillic script: по̀сјетити / по̀сетити
    • Latin: pòsjetiti / pòsetiti
  • Slovene: posẹ̑titi (archaic)
• West Slavic: —

References

• Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “посети́ть”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volumes 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 60
• Derksen, Rick (2008) “*posětiti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 414
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “посети́ть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress