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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *gnestei, from Proto-Indo-European *gnét-ti, from *gnet-. Cognate with Proto-Germanic *knudaną.
Verb
*gnestì impf
- to press
- to knead
Inflection
Conjugation of
*gnesti, *gnete, *gnetetь (
impf.,
-C-, _/ox-aorist, accent paradigm c)
Verbal noun
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Infinitive
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Supine
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L-participle
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*gnetenьje
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*gnesti
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*gnestъ
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*gnetlъ
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Participles
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Tense
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Past
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Present
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Passive
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*gnetenъ
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*gnetomъ
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Active
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*gnetъ
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*gnety
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Aorist
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Present
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Person
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1st
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2nd
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3rd
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1st
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2nd
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3rd
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Singular
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*gnet(ox)ъ |
*gnete |
*gnete
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*gnetǫ |
*gneteši |
*gnetetь
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Dual
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*gnet(ox)ově |
*gnet(e/os)ta |
*gnet(e/os)te
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*gnetevě |
*gneteta |
*gnetete
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Plural
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*gnet(ox)omъ |
*gnet(e/os)te |
*gnetǫ, *gnetošę
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*gnetemъ |
*gnetete |
*gnetǫtь
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Imperfect
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Imperative
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Person
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1st |
2nd |
3rd
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1st |
2nd |
3rd
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Singular
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*gnetěaxъ |
*gnetěaše |
*gnetěaše
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— |
*gneti |
*gneti
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Dual
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*gnetěaxově |
*gnetěašeta |
*gnetěašete
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*gnetěvě |
*gnetěta |
—
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Plural
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*gnetěaxomъ |
*gnetěašete |
*gnetěaxǫ
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*gnetěmъ |
*gnetěte |
—
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Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: гнести (gnesti)
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “гнету́”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Chernykh, P. Ja. (1999) “гнести́”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 195
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1979), “*gnesti”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков (in Russian), numbers 6 (*e – *golva), Moscow: Nauka, page 165
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*gnestì”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 168: “v. (c) ‘knead, press’”
- ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “gnesti: gnetǫ gnetetь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c trykke (PR 139)”