Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/sětь

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 a Pre-slavic form *sáitis, Inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *sáiˀtas (“tie, cord”), from Proto-Indo-European *sh₂oy-tó-s, from the root *sh₂ey- (“to bind, fetter”). Cognate to Proto-Germanic *saidô (“band”).

Noun

*sětь f

1. snare, net

Declension

Declension of *sětь (i-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*sětь	*sěti	*sěti
genitive	*sěti	*sětьju, *sěťu*	*sětьjь, *sěti*
dative	*sěti	*sětьma	*sětьmъ
accusative	*sětь	*sěti	*sěti
instrumental	*sětьjǫ, *sěťǫ*	*sětьma	*sětьmi
locative	*sěti	*sětьju, *sěťu*	*sětьxъ
vocative	*sěti	*sěti	*sěti

^* The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Derived terms

• *sětiti

Related terms

nouns

• *sĩtъ
• *sīdlò

 

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: сѣть (sětĭ)
  • Belarusian: сець (sjecʹ)
  • Russian: сеть (setʹ)
  • Ukrainian: сіть (sitʹ)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: сѣть (sětĭ)

    Glagolitic script: ⱄⱑⱅⱐ (sětĭ)

  • Serbo-Croatian:

    ⇒ Cyrillic script: се̏тити

    ⇒ Latin script: sȅtiti

• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: siet
    • Czech: síť
  • Polabian: sect
  • Polish: sieć
  • Slovak: sieť
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: seś
    • Upper Sorbian: syć

References

• Derksen, Rick (2008) “*sětь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 448
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “сеть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress