Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/snuti

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 Proto-Balto-Slavic *snauˀ-, from Proto-Indo-European *snewH-. Cognate with Proto-Germanic *snewaną (whence Gothic 𐍃𐌽𐌹𐍅𐌰𐌽 (sniwan, “to hurry”), Old Norse snúa (“to wind, to twist, to warp”)) and akin to Latvian snaujis (“noose”).

Verb

*snùti

1. to warp (yarn, thread)

Inflection

Conjugation of *snuti, *snu, *snovetь (?, -V/C-, s-aorist, accent paradigm c)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*snutьje	*snuti	*snutъ	*snulъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*snutъ	*snovomъ
Active	*snuvъ	*snovy

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*snuxъ	*snu	*snu	*snovǫ	*snoveši	*snovetь
Dual	*snuxově	*snusta	*snuste	*snovevě	*snoveta	*snovete
Plural	*snuxomъ	*snuste	*snušę	*snovemъ	*snovete	*snovǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*snověaxъ	*snověaše	*snověaše	—	*snovi	*snovi
Dual	*snověaxově	*snověašeta	*snověašete	*snověvě	*snověta	—
Plural	*snověaxomъ	*snověašete	*snověaxǫ	*snověmъ	*snověte	—

Alternative forms

• *snovàti

Related terms

• *osnòvā (“base, foundation”)

Descendants

• Church Slavonic: сноути (snuti) (Russian)

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: сновати (snovati)
    • Belarusian: снава́ць (snavácʹ)
    • Russian: снова́ть (snovátʹ)
    • Ukrainian: снува́ти (snuváty), снова́ти (snováty), сну́ти (snúty)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: снова́ (snová)
  • Macedonian: снове (snove)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: сно̀вати

    Latin script: snòvati

  • Slovene: snúti, snováti (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: snúti
    • Czech: snout, snovat
  • Kashubian: snëc, snovac
  • Polish: snuć, snować (archaic)
  • Slovak: snovať, snuť
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: snować
    • Lower Sorbian: snowaś, snuś

Further reading

• Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “снова́ть”, 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 182
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “снова́ть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Dybo, Vladimir A. (2000) Морфонологизованные парадигматические акцентные системы: Типология и генезис [Morphophonologized paradigmatic accent systems: Typology and genesis]‎^[2] (in Russian), volume 1, Moscow: LRC Publishing House, →ISBN, page 231
• Miguel Villanueva Svensson (2011) “The accentuation of the infinitive type Latv. kal̃t, Sl. *kőlti and the development of Indo-European molō-presents in Balto-Slavic”, in Baltistica, →ISSN, page 311