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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/gňiti

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed words 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-Indo-European *gʰneyH- (given as *ǵʰn(e)iH- in Derksen, but the palatal *ǵ is likely a typo). Indo-European cognates include Ancient Greek χνίει (khníei, “(it) drizzles, (it) crumbles”) (Hesychius), Proto-Germanic *gnīdaną.

Verb

*gňìti impf [1][2][3]

  1. to rot

Inflection

Accent paradigm a or c.

  • 1sg. *gňьjǫ

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Alternative forms
  • *gniti

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Cyrillic: гниѭщии (gnijǫštii, “suppurating”, dat. fem. sg. pres. act. part.)
      Glagolitic: ⰃⰐⰋⰩⰛⰋⰋ (GNIJǫŠtII)
    • Bulgarian: гни́я (gníja)
    • Macedonian: гние (gnie)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic: гњи̏ти
      Latin: gnjȉti
      • Chakavian (Vrgada): gńijȁti
      • Chakavian (Vrgada?): gńít
      • Chakavian (Orbanići): gnjĩt
    • Slovene: gníti (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: hnít
    • Polish: gnić
    • Slovak: hniť
    • Slovincian: gńĩc
    • Sorbian:
      • Upper Sorbian: hnić
      • Lower Sorbian: gniś

Further reading
  • Černyx, P. Ja. (1999), “гнить”, in Istoriko-etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 1, 3rd reprint edition, Moscow: Russkij jazyk, page 195
  • Trubačóv, Oleg, editor (1979), “*gniti”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ slavjanskix jazykov [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), volume 06, Moscow: Nauka, page 176
  • Vasmer (Fasmer), Max (Maks) (1964–1973), “гнить”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv Oleg, Moscow: Progress

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*gņìti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 169: “v. (a) ‘rot’”
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001), “gniti: gnijǫ gnijetь”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c rådne (SA 204, 234; PR 139)”
  3. Snoj, Marko (2016), “gníti”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar, Ljubljana: Inštitut za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, →ISBN: “*gni̋ti, sed. *gnȋjǫ in *gnь̏jǫ”
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