Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/roditi

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 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *wredʰ-der.?

Proto-Balto-Slavic *radás

Proto-Indo-European *-yeti

Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti

Proto-Balto-Slavic *-īˀtei

Proto-Balto-Slavic *rádīˀtei

Proto-Slavic *roditi

Inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *rádīˀtei. By surface analysis, *rȍdъ +‎ *-iti

Verb

*rodìti

1. to give birth, to bear

Inflection

Conjugation of *roditi, *rodi, *roditь (?, -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm c)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*roďenьje	*roditi	*roditъ	*rodilъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*roďenъ	*rodimъ
Active	*roďь	*rodę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*rodixъ	*rodi	*rodi	*roďǫ	*rodiši	*roditь
Dual	*rodixově	*rodista	*rodiste	*rodivě	*rodita	*rodite
Plural	*rodixomъ	*rodiste	*rodišę	*rodimъ	*rodite	*rodętь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*roďaaxъ	*roďaaše	*roďaaše	—	*rodi	*rodi
Dual	*roďaaxově	*roďaašeta	*roďaašete	*rodivě	*rodita	—
Plural	*roďaaxomъ	*roďaašete	*roďaaxǫ	*rodimъ	*rodite	—

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

Derived terms

• *bezrodьnikъ (“stateless person”)
• *rodičь (“father”)
• *roďьstvo

Related terms

• *nāròdъ (“people”)
• *rȏdъ (“birth, origin, family, yield”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: родити (roditi)
    • Old Ruthenian: родити (roditi)
      • Belarusian: радзі́ць (radzícʹ)
      • Ukrainian: роди́ти (rodýty)
    • Russian: роди́ть (rodítʹ)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Glagolitic script: ⱃⱁⰴⰻⱅⰻ (roditi)

    Old Cyrillic script: родити (roditi)

    Cyrillic: родити (roditi)

    • Bulgarian: родя́ (rodjá)
    • Macedonian: роди (rodi)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: ро̀дити

    Latin: ròditi

  • Slovene: rodíti (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: roditi
    • Czech: rodit
  • Polabian: rüdait
  • Old Polish: rodzić
    • Polish: rodzić
  • Slovak: rodiť
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: rodźić
    • Lower Sorbian: raźiś

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “роди́ть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Chernykh, P. Ja. (1999), “рожа́ть”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 119
• Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN

Etymology 2

See *raditi.

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Verb

*roditi

1. to care about, to heed

Inflection

Conjugation of *roditi, *rodi, *roditь (?, -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*roďenьje	*roditi	*roditъ	*rodilъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*roďenъ	*rodimъ
Active	*roďь	*rodę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*rodixъ	*rodi	*rodi	*roďǫ	*rodiši	*roditь
Dual	*rodixově	*rodista	*rodiste	*rodivě	*rodita	*rodite
Plural	*rodixomъ	*rodiste	*rodišę	*rodimъ	*rodite	*rodętь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*roďaaxъ	*roďaaše	*roďaaše	—	*rodi	*rodi
Dual	*roďaaxově	*roďaašeta	*roďaašete	*rodivě	*rodita	—
Plural	*roďaaxomъ	*roďaašete	*roďaaxǫ	*rodimъ	*rodite	—

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

Related terms

• *raditi (“to care about, to heed”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: родити (roditi, “to care about”)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Cyrillic: неродити (neroditi, “to not care about, to not heed”), 1sg. нерождѫ (neroždǫ)

  • Bulgarian: родя́ (rodjá, “to care about, to observe”) (obsolete)
  • Slovene: róditi (“to care about, to observe”) (tonal orthography), 1sg. rọ́dim (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: neroditi (“to not care about”)
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: rodźić (“to want, to strive”), dialectal rodźeć
    • Lower Sorbian: roźeś (“to want, to strive”)