Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/sęťi

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 *sēˀg-, *senˀg-, from Proto-Indo-European *seg-, *seng-. Cognate with Lithuanian sègti (“to fasten, to pin”) (1sg. segù, 1sg. past segiaũ), Latvian segt (“to cover”) (1sg. sȩdzu), Sanskrit सजति (sájati, “to adhere to”), causative सञ्जयति (sañjayati), Old Persian [script needed] (frahanǰati, “to hang”), Old Irish suanem (“rope”) < *sogn-.

Verb

*sęťi

1. to reach for

Inflection

Conjugation of *sęťi, *sęže, *sęžetь (?, -C-, _/ox-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*sęženьje	*sęťi	*sęťь	*sęglъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*sęženъ	*sęgomъ
Active	*sęgъ	*sęgy

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*sęg(ox)ъ	*sęže	*sęže	*sęgǫ	*sęžeši	*sęžetь
Dual	*sęg(ox)ově	*sęg(e/os)ta	*sęg(e/os)te	*sęževě	*sęžeta	*sęžete
Plural	*sęg(ox)omъ	*sęg(e/os)te	*sęgǫ, *sęgošę	*sęžemъ	*sęžete	*sęgǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*sęžaaxъ	*sęžaaše	*sęžaaše	—	*sędzi	*sędzi
Dual	*sęžaaxově	*sęžaašeta	*sęžaašete	*sędzěvě	*sędzěta	—
Plural	*sęžaaxomъ	*sęžaašete	*sęžaaxǫ	*sędzěmъ	*sędzěte	—

Notes:
• Aorist *sęgeste ⇒ *sęžeste, ...

Derived terms

• *sę̀gati, *sę̀dzati (“to reach for, to attain”)
• *sę̄gnǫ̀ti (“to reach for, to attain”)
• *prisęga (“oath, vow”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: досꙗчи (dosjači), досꙗщи (dosjašti) (Russian)
  • Ukrainian: сягти́ (sjahtý) (colloquial)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: сѧщи (sęšti)

  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: се́зати

    Latin script: sézati

  • Slovene: sẹ́či (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • ⇒ Old Czech: dosieci, přisieci, osieci
    • Czech: dosíci (archaic or literary)
  • Old Polish: siąc

Further reading

• Derksen, Rick (2008) “*sęgti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 449
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “сяга́ть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress