Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/sětь

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

Etymology

From a Pre-slavic form *sáitis, inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *sáiˀtas (“tie, cord”), from Proto-Indo-European *sh₂oy-tó-s, from the root *sh₂ey- (“to bind, fetter”). Cognate to Proto-Germanic *saidô (“band”).

Noun

*sětь f

snare, net

Declension

Declension of *sětь (i-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*sětь	*sěti	*sěti
genitive	*sěti	sětьju, sěťu^*	sětьjь, sěti^*
dative	*sěti	*sětьma	*sětьmъ
accusative	*sětь	*sěti	*sěti
instrumental	sětьjǫ, sěťǫ^*	*sětьma	*sětьmi
locative	*sěti	sětьju, sěťu^*	*sětьxъ
vocative	*sěti	*sěti	*sěti

^* The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Derived terms

*sětiti

Related terms

nouns

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: сѣть (sětĭ)
- Belarusian: сець (sjecʹ)
- Russian: сеть (setʹ)
- Ukrainian: сіть (sitʹ)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Old Cyrillic script: сѣть (sětĭ)
  
  Glagolitic script: ⱄⱑⱅⱐ (sětĭ)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  ⇒ Cyrillic script: се̏тити
  
  ⇒ Latin script: sȅtiti
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: siet
  - Czech: síť
- Old Polish: sieć, siecia
  - Polish: sieć
  - Silesian: siyć
- Slovak: sieť
- Polabian: sect
- Pomeranian:
  - Kashubian: séc
  - Slovincian: séc
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: seś
  - Upper Sorbian: syć

References

Derksen, Rick (2008) “*sětь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 448
Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “сеть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress