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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kytiti

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

Most likely, a causative verb of *kỳta (“twig, adornment”) +‎ *-iti, from the expressive Proto-Slavic *kyti (“to pound, to bash”) / Proto-Slavic *kyvati (“to nod, to wing, to take a look”)[1], ultimately either from Proto-Indo-European *kewh₂- (“to hew, to forge”) or from Proto-Indo-European *keh₁w- (“to flash, to swing”).

Verb

*kỳtiti impf

  1. to stack, to form a bouquet
  2. (by extension) to decorate

Inflection
Conjugation of *kytiti (impf., -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)
Suffix: *-iti
― iterative (*nositi⇐*nesti)
― causative (*pojiti⇐*piti)
― ...
Verbal noun Infinitive Supine L-participle
*kyťenьje *kytiti *kytitъ *kytilъ
Participles
Tense Past Present
Passive *kyťenъ *kytimъ
Active *kyťь *kytę
Aorist Present
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Singular *kytixъ*kyti*kyti *kyťǫ*kytiši*kytitь
Dual *kytixově*kytista*kytiste *kytivě*kytita*kytite
Plural *kytixomъ*kytiste*kytišę *kytimъ*kytite*kytętь
Imperfect Imperative
Person 1st2nd3rd 1st2nd3rd
Singular *kyťaaxъ*kyťaaše*kyťaaše —*kyti*kyti
Dual *kyťaaxově*kyťaašeta*kyťaašete *kytivě*kytita—
Plural *kyťaaxomъ*kyťaašete*kyťaaxǫ *kytimъ*kytite—
    Notes:
  • (*)*kytivъ is later doublet of past active participle
  • *kuka (“hook”)
  • *kutiti (“to take care, to device, to shove”)
  • *kytati (“to hide, to protect”)
  • *kyčiti (“to hang, to decorate”)
  • *kytъ (“sheaf, decoration”)
    • *kytъka (“wrist, bouquet”)
    • *kytъčestъ (“flamboyant”)

Derived terms
  • *kytьnъ (“pretty, adorned”)
  • *kytьje (“sheaf of twigs/leaves”)
  • *kytežь (“stacking, decoration”)

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic: *кꙑтити (*kytiti)
      ⇒ Romanian: chiti (“to decorate”)
    • Bulgarian: кѝтя (kìtja)
    • Macedonian: кити (kiti)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic: ки̏тити
      Latin: kȉtiti
    • Slovene: kítiti

Further reading
  • Trubačóv, Oleg, editor (1987), “*kytiti”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ slavjanskix jazykov [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), volume 13, Moscow: Nauka, page 281
  • Georgiev Vl. I., editor (1979), “китя”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 2, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 399
  • Snoj, Marko (2016), “kítiti”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar, Ljubljana: Inštitut za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, →ISBN

References
  1. Snoj, Marko (2016), “kita”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar, Ljubljana: Inštitut za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, →ISBN: “*ky̋ti”
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