Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/sunǫti

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 Proto-Balto-Slavic *śūˀ- + *-nǫti. A different grade *śauˀ- yields Proto-Slavic *sovati (“to shove”); see that verb for further cognates.

Verb

*sunǫti pf (imperfective *sovati)

to shove, to thrust

Inflection

Conjugation of *sunǫti, *sunǫ, *sunetь (perf., -n-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*sunovenьje	*sunǫti	*sunǫtъ	*sunǫlъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*sunovenъ	—
Active	*sunǫvъ	—

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*sunǫxъ	*sunǫ	*sunǫ	*sunǫ	*suneši	*sunetь
Dual	*sunǫxově	*sunǫsta	*sunǫste	*sunevě	*suneta	*sunete
Plural	*sunǫxomъ	*sunǫste	*sunǫšę	*sunemъ	*sunete	*sunǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	—	—	—	—	*suni	*suni
Dual	—	—	—	*suněvě	*suněta	—
Plural	—	—	—	*suněmъ	*suněte	—

In perfective verbs, present expresses future

Related terms

*sovati (“to shove”)
*sudlica

Derived terms

*jьsunǫti

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: сꙋнꙋти (sunuti, “to throw”), 1sg. сꙋнꙋ (sunu)
  - Belarusian: су́нуць (súnucʹ)
  - Russian: су́нуть (súnutʹ, “to shove, to thrust”), 1sg. су́ну (súnu)
  - Ukrainian: су́нути (súnuty)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Old Cyrillic script: сунѫти (sunǫti)
  
  Glagolitic script: ⱄⱆⱀⱘⱅⰻ (sunǫti)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: су́нути (“to pour, to strew”), 1sg. су̑не̄м
  
  Latin: súnuti (“to pour, to strew”), 1sg. sȗnēm
- Slovene: súniti (“to thrust, to knock”) (tonal orthography), 1sg. sȗnem (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: sunúti
  - Czech: sunout
- Old Polish: sunąć
  - Polish: sunąć
- Slovak: sunúť
- Sorbian:
  - Upper Sorbian: sunyć
  - Lower Sorbian: sunuś

References

Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “сова́ть”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volumes 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 184
Derksen, Rick (2008) “*sunǫti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 474
Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “су́нуть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “сова́ть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/sunǫti

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