Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/sětь

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

Noun

*sětь f

snare, net

Declension

Declension of *sětь (i-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*sětь	*sěti	*sěti
Accusative	*sětь	*sěti	*sěti
Genitive	*sěti	sětьju, sěťu^*	sětьjь, sěti^*
Locative	*sěti	sětьju, sěťu^*	*sětьxъ
Dative	*sěti	*sětьma	*sětьmъ
Instrumental	sětьjǫ, sěťǫ^*	*sětьma	*sětьmi
Vocative	*sěti	*sěti	*sěti

^* The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: сѣть (sětĭ)
- Belarusian: сець (sjecʹ)
- Russian: сеть (setʹ)
- Ukrainian: сіть (sitʹ)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Old Cyrillic: сѣть (sětĭ)
  
  Glagolitic: ⱄⱑⱅⱐ (sětĭ)
West Slavic:
- Czech: síť
- Polish: sieć
- Slovak: sieť
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: seś
  - Upper Sorbian: syć

References

Derksen, Rick (2008), “*sětь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 448
Vasmer (Fasmer), Max (Maks) (1964–1973), “сеть”, 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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