Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pręťi

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

Inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *prengtei, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)préngʰ-e-ti. Closely related to *prǫgъ, *sǫprǫgъ, *prǫžina. Cognates include Lithuanian spreñgti, Latvian spreñgt, Proto-Germanic *springaną (and its numerous descendants).

Verb

*pręťi impf (perfective *pręgnǫti, frequentative *pręgati)

1. to tie up, to truss, to join

Conjugation

Conjugation of *pręťi, *preže, *prežetь (impf., -C-, _/ox-aorist, accent paradigm c)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*preženьje	*pręťi	*pręťь	*preglъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*preženъ	*pregomъ
Active	*pregъ	*pregy

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*preg(ox)ъ	*preže	*preže	*pregǫ	*prežeši	*prežetь
Dual	*preg(ox)ově	*preg(e/os)ta	*preg(e/os)te	*preževě	*prežeta	*prežete
Plural	*preg(ox)omъ	*preg(e/os)te	*pregǫ, *pregošę	*prežemъ	*prežete	*pregǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*prežaaxъ	*prežaaše	*prežaaše	—	*prьdzi	*prьdzi
Dual	*prežaaxově	*prežaašeta	*prežaašete	*prьdzěvě	*prьdzěta	—
Plural	*prežaaxomъ	*prežaašete	*prežaaxǫ	*prьdzěmъ	*prьdzěte	—

Notes:
• Aorist *pregeste ⇒ *prežeste, ...

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: *прѧчи (*pręči)
    • Old Ruthenian: *прѧчи (*prjači)
      • ⇒ Belarusian: упрэ́гці (upréhci), упрэ́гчы (upréhčy)
      • Ukrainian: прягти́ (prjahtý) (dialectal)
    • Russian: -пря́чь (-prjáčʹ)
• South Slavic:
  • ⇒ Old Church Slavonic:

    Glagolitic script: ⱀⰰⱂⱃⱔⱋⰻ (napręšti)

    Old Cyrillic script: напрѧщи (napręšti)

    • ⇒ Bulgarian: запря́гам (zaprjágam)
  • ⇒ Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: пре́гнути, спре́ћи

    Latin script: prégnuti, spréći

  • ⇒ Slovene: vprẹ́či (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: -přieci
    • Czech: -přáhnout
  • ⇒ Old Polish: sprząc
    • Polish: sprząc
    • Silesian: sprzōnc
  • Pomeranian:
    • ⇒ Kashubian: sprzic
    • ⇒ Slovincian: sprzyc
  • ⇒ Slovak: sрriаhаť
  • Sorbian:
    • ⇒ Upper Sorbian: рřаhаć
    • ⇒ Lower Sorbian: pśěgaś

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “прягу́”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress