Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/tęžiti

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.

Denominal causative from *tęgъ (“traction”) +‎ *-iti, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tengʰ- (“to pull”). Doublet of *tǫžiti, an inherited form.

In Bulgarian and Macedonian, this verb specifically covers telic actions, the atelic being reflected by the mixed ě/i-conjugation Proto-Slavic *tęžati (their present stems are identical). In the remaining languages, the verb is impefective.

*tęžìti^[1]

1. to weigh, to burden
2. to struggle

• *tęgti, *tędzati (“to pull”)
• *tęžьkъ (“heavy”)
• *tęžestь (“wight”)
• *tǫga (“sadness, burden”)
• *tǫgъ (“tight, solid, tough”)

• *težina (“weight”)
• *težьba (“heaviness”)
• *tęža (“heaviness, gravitation”)

• East Slavic:
  • Ukrainian: тяжи́ти (tjažýty)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: те́жа (téža) (partially, rare)
  • Macedonian: тежи (teži) (partially, rare)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: те́жити

    Latin script: téžiti

  • Slovene: težīti
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: těžit (“to mine”)
  • Polish: ciążyć
  • Slovak: ťažiť

• 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