Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/tęžati

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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

From the remodelled stative (so-called "essive" in LIV) Proto-Balto-Slavic *tingēˀtei, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tengʰ- (to pull, to burden). Cognate with Lithuanian tingė́ti (to be lazy). In most daughter languages, this verb has been superseded by the similar denominal causative Proto-Slavic *tęžiti (to weigh).

Survives in derivatives like Proto-Slavic *sъtęžati (to gain), Proto-Slavic *otęžati (to wrap, to fasten), Proto-Slavic *protęžati (to span).

Verb

*tęžati impf[1]

  1. to weigh, to burden

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic: сътѧжати (sŭtęžati)
    • Bulgarian: те́жа (téža) (partially)
    • Macedonian: тежи (teži) (partially)

Further reading

  • Todorov, T. A., Racheva, M., editors (2010), “тежа”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 7 (слòво – теря̀свам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 889

References

  1. ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “?sъ-tęžati: -tęžjǫ -tęžitь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:c vinde (PR 139)