Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/tajati

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.

From Proto-Indo-European *teh₂-. Cognate with Ancient Greek τήκω (tḗkō, “to melt”) (Dorian dialect τᾱ́κω (tā́kō)), Latin tābeō (“to melt, to dwindle”), Welsh tawdd (“dripping”), Old English þāwian (“to thaw”), English thaw, Albanian thaj (“to dry up, to thaw”), Ossetian тайын (tajyn, “to melt”), Old Armenian թանամ (tʻanam, “to moisten, to wet”). Compare also Czech tavit (“to melt”), Slovak taviť (“to melt”).

*tàjati impf

1. to melt

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: таꙗти (tajati), 1sg. таю (taju)
    • Russian: та́ять (tájatʹ, “to melt, to thaw, to dwindle”), 1sg. та́ю (táju)
    • Ukrainian: та́яти (tájaty)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Cyrillic: таꙗти (tajati), 1sg. таѭ (tajǫ)

    Glagolitic:

  • Bulgarian: та́я (tája, “to melt slowly”), 2sg. та́еш (táeš) (dialectal)
  • Macedonian: таи (tai, “to melt”)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: та̏јати (“to thaw”)

    Latin script: tȁjati (“to thaw”)

  • Slovene: tájati (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: táti
    • Czech: tát
  • Old Polish: tajać
    • Polish: tajać
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: tać
    • Lower Sorbian: tajaś

• Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “та́ять”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 230
• Derksen, Rick (2008) “*tàjati”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 489
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “та́ю”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress