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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/sęgnǫti

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 sęg- +‎ *-nǫti. See *sęťi for etymology.

Verb

*sę̄gnǫ̀ti

  1. to reach for, to attain

Inflection
  • 1sg. *sęgnǫ

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Russian: сягну́ть (sjagnútʹ, “to reach for, to attain”) (dialectal)
    • Ukrainian: сягну́ти (sjahnúty, “to reach, to grasp”)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Cyrillic: присѧгнѫти (prisęgnǫti, “to touch”), other prefixed verbs
      Glagolitic: [Term?]
    • Bulgarian: се́гна (ségna, “to extend a hand”)
    • Macedonian: сегне (segne, “to reach”)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic: се́гнути (“to reach”); dialectal се̏гнути се (“to reach for”)
      Latin: ségnuti (“to reach”); dialectal sȅgnuti se (“to reach for”)
    • Slovene: sẹ́gniti (“to reach for”) (tonal orthography), 1sg. sẹ̑gnem (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: sáhnout (“to touch, to reach for”)
    • Polish: sięgnąć (“to reach for, to reach”)
    • Slovak: siahnuť (“to reach for”)
    • Sorbian:
      • Upper Sorbian: dosahnyć
      • Lower Sorbian: segnuś

References
  • Derksen, Rick (2008), “*sę̄gnǫ̀ti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 449
  • Vasmer (Fasmer), Max (Maks) (1964–1973), “сяга́ть”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv Oleg, Moscow: Progress
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