Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/svistati

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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

Etymology

Possibly, from Proto-Indo-European *sweysd- (“to hiss”),[1] of imitative origin.

Verb

*svistati

  1. to whistle, to swish

Inflection

Conjugation of *svistati, *svista, *svisťetь (?, -a/j-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)
Verbal noun Infinitive Supine L-participle
*svistanьje *svistati *svistatъ *svistalъ
Participles
Tense Past Present
Passive *svistanъ *svisťemъ
Active *svistavъ *svisťę
Aorist Present
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Singular *svistaxъ *svista *svista *svisťǫ *svisťeši *svisťetь
Dual *svistaxově *svistasta *svistaste *svisťevě *svisťeta *svisťete
Plural *svistaxomъ *svistaste *svistašę *svisťemъ *svisťete *svisťǫtь
Imperfect Imperative
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Singular *svistaaxъ *svistaaše *svistaaše — *svisťi *svisťi
Dual *svistaaxově *svistaašeta *svistaašete *svisťivě *svisťita —
Plural *svistaaxomъ *svistaašete *svistaaxǫ *svisťimъ *svisťite —

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*swizd-o-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 365

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “свист”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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