Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/tatь

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-Indo-European *teh₂tis, from *(s)teh₂- (“to do something secretly, conceal, thieve”). Equivalent to *tajiti (“to hide, conceal”) +‎ *-tь.

Cognate with Old Irish táid (“thief”), Ancient Greek τητάω (tētáō, “I deprive, bereave, rob”), Doric τᾱτάω (tātáō), Old Latin tatod (“may he steal”) (6th century BC), Sanskrit तायु (tāyu, “thief”).

Noun

*tatь m^[1]

thief

Declension

Declension of *tatь (i-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*tatь	*tati	tatьje, taťe^*
genitive	*tati	tatьju, taťu^*	tatьjь, tati^*
dative	*tati	*tatьma	*tatьmъ
accusative	*tatь	*tati	*tati
instrumental	*tatьmь	*tatьma	*tatьmi
locative	*tati	tatьju, taťu^*	*tatьxъ
vocative	*tati	*tati	tatьje, taťe^*

^* The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Related terms

*tajiti (“to hide, conceal”)
*tajь (“secret”)

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: тать (tatĭ)
  - Russian: тать (tatʹ) (archaic)
- Old Novgorodian: тать (tatĭ)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Cyrillic: тать (tatĭ)
  
  Glagolitic: ⱅⰰⱅⱐ (tatĭ)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: та̑т
  
  Latin script: tȃt
- Slovene: tȁt (tonal orthography)

References

^ Reconstructed as a jo-stem in Derksen 2008, but this must be secondary due to the lack of iotation of final *t.

Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 489
Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “таить”, 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 224
Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “тать”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
Šanskij, N. M. (2004) “тать”, in Školʹnyj etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [School Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Drofa

[1] Reconstructed as a jo-stem in Derksen 2008, but this must be secondary due to the lack of iotation of final *t.

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