Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/gręsti

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.

• Per Derksen, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *grid-, *grind-, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰri-n-dʰ-, from the root *gʰreydʰ-. Cognate with Lithuanian grìdyti (“to go, to wander”) (1sg. grìdyju), Gothic 𐌲𐍂𐌹𐌳 (grid, “step”, acc. sg.), Middle High German grit (“step”), Old Irish in·greinn, do·greinn (“to persecute”).
• Per Vasmer, cognate as above, and also with Avestan 𐬀𐬌𐬎𐬎𐬌𐬔𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬜𐬨𐬀𐬵𐬌 (aiuuigər^əδmahi, “we begin”), Sanskrit गृध्यति (gṛdhyati, “to be fast approaching something (?)”), Latin gradior (“to step”) (infinitive gradī). These words are normally reconstructed as coming from Proto-Indo-European *gʰredʰ-.

*gręstì impf^[1][2]

1. to go

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: грѧсти (gręsti) (11th century); грѣсти (grěsti) (11th century)
    • Russian: грясти́ (grjastí) (infinitive is dated)
    • Ukrainian: грясти́ (hrjastý)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Cyrillic: грѧсти (gręsti)

    Glagolitic:

  • Bulgarian: грядѫ́ (grjadǫ́) (archaic; Gerov's dictionary)
  • Macedonian: греде (grede) (dialectal)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: грѐсти, гре́сти

    Latin: grèsti, grésti

  • Slovene: īti (tonal orthography) (suppletive present tense)

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1980), “*gręsti”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 7 (*golvačь – *gyžati), Moscow: Nauka, page 123
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “гряду́”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress