Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/sętь

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 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.

Proto-Slavic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic , from Proto-Indo-European *h₁sénti, verb form of *h₁ésti.

Cognate with Sanskrit सन्ति (sánti), Ancient Greek εἰσί (eisí), Doric Greek ἐντί (entí), Umbrian sent, Oscan set, Old Irish it, Proto-Germanic *sindi.

Verb

*sętь

  1. third-person plural present of *byti

Descendants

  • South Slavic:
    • Macedonian: сет (set), ?се (se)
  • West Slavic:
    • Slovak: sa

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “суть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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