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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *sḗˀstei, from an earlier *sēˀdtei, from pre-Indo-European *sedti, from Proto-Indo-European *sed- from by (Winter's law).
Baltic cognates include Latvian sēsties,
Lithuanian sė́sti, 3sg. sė́da, Old Prussian sindants (“sitting”). (apparently reformed as a nasal-infix present)
Indo-European cognates include Proto-Italic *sedēō, Proto-Germanic *sitjaną, Proto-Indo-Iranian *síždati, Ancient Greek ἕζομαι (hézomai, “to sit down”),
Verb
*sěsti pf[1]
- to sit down
Inflection
Conjugation of
*sěsti, *sěde, *sędetь (
perf.,
intr.,
-C/n-, _/ox-aorist, accent paradigm ?)
| Verbal noun
|
Infinitive
|
Supine
|
L-participle
|
| *sědenьje
|
*sěsti
|
*sěstъ
|
*sědlъ
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|
|
Participles
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| Tense
|
Past
|
Present
|
| Passive
|
—
|
—
|
| Active
|
*sědъ
|
—
|
|
|
Aorist
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Present
|
| Person
|
1st
|
2nd
|
3rd
|
1st
|
2nd
|
3rd
|
| Singular
|
*sěd(ox)ъ |
*sěde |
*sěde
|
*sędǫ |
*sędeši |
*sędetь
|
| Dual
|
*sěd(ox)ově |
*sěd(e/os)ta |
*sěd(e/os)te
|
*sędevě |
*sędeta |
*sędete
|
| Plural
|
*sěd(ox)omъ |
*sěd(e/os)te |
*sědǫ, *sědošę
|
*sędemъ |
*sędete |
*sędǫtь
|
|
|
Imperfect
|
Imperative
|
| Person
|
1st |
2nd |
3rd
|
1st |
2nd |
3rd
|
| Singular
|
— |
— |
—
|
— |
*sędi |
*sędi
|
| Dual
|
— |
— |
—
|
*sęděvě |
*sęděta |
—
|
| Plural
|
— |
— |
—
|
*sęděmъ |
*sęděte |
—
|
Notes: - In perfective verbs, present expresses future
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: сѣсти (sěsti)
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “сесть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*sěsti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 447: “v. ‘sit down’”
