Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/tęti

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 *tinˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *temh₁-.

Verb

*tęti impf

1. to cut, chop, beat

Declension

Conjugation of *tęti, *tę, *tьnetь (impf., -V/C-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*tętьje	*tęti	*tętъ	*tęlъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*tętъ	*tьnomъ
Active	*tьnъ	*tьny

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*tęsъ	*tę	*tę	*tьnǫ	*tьneši	*tьnetь
Dual	*tęsově	*tęsta	*tęste	*tьnevě	*tьneta	*tьnete
Plural	*tęsomъ	*tęste	*tęsę	*tьnemъ	*tьnete	*tьnǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*tьněaxъ	*tьněaše	*tьněaše	—	*tьni	*tьni
Dual	*tьněaxově	*tьněašeta	*tьněašete	*tьněvě	*tьněta	—
Plural	*tьněaxomъ	*tьněašete	*tьněaxǫ	*tьněmъ	*tьněte	—

Derived terms

• *potęti

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: тѧти (tęti)
    • Belarusian: цяць (cjacʹ)
    • Russian: тять (tjatʹ) (archaic)
    • Ukrainian: тя́ти (tjáty)
• South Slavic:
  • Slovene: tẹ́ti (tonal orthography) (dialectal)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: tieti
    • Czech: tnout, tít
  • Old Polish: ciąć
    • Polish: ciąć
    • Silesian: ciōńć
  • Slovak: ťať
  • Polabian: tąt
  • Pomeranian:
    • Kashubian: cąc, cyc (regional)
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: śěś
    • Upper Sorbian: ćeć

References

• Derksen, Rick (2008), “*tęti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 494
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “тну”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress