Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/gajati

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.

Of onomatopoeic nature, formed as ga! +‎ *-jati. Continues Proto-Balto-Slavic *gāˀi-, from Proto-Indo-European *g⁽ʷ⁾eH- (“to sing”). Cognate with Sanskrit गायति (gā́yati, “to sing”) and akin to Latvian dziêdât (“to sing”), Lithuanian giedóti (“to sing”). The Baltic forms are enlarged with *-d⁽ʰ⁾-.

*gajati impf

1. to caw, to croak

• *gajь (“squeak”)
• *gavati (“to bark, to croak”)
• *gakati (“to caw”)
• *gaga (“sea-duck”)

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: гаꙗти (gajati, “to caw, croak”)
    • Russian: га́ять (gájatʹ, “to yawn, talk, scream, curse”) (dialectal)

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “гаять”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1979), “*gajati II”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 6 (*e – *golva), Moscow: Nauka, page 84
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “га¹”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 219