Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/sěsti

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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

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Etymology

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From Proto-Balto-Slavic *sḗˀstei, from an earlier *sēˀdtei, from pre-Indo-European *sedti, from Proto-Indo-European *sed- from by (Winter's law).

Baltic cognates include Latvian sēsties, Lithuanian sė́sti, 3sg. sė́da, Old Prussian sindants (sitting). (apparently reformed as a nasal-infix present)

Indo-European cognates include Proto-Italic *sedēō, Proto-Germanic *sitjaną, Proto-Indo-Iranian *síždati, Ancient Greek ἕζομαι (hézomai, to sit down),

Verb

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*sěsti pf[1]

  1. to sit down

Inflection

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Descendants

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Further reading

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

References

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  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*sěsti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 447:v. ‘sit down’