Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/tuliti

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

Probably from the l-participle *tulъ +‎ *-iti of otherwise obsolete Proto-Balto-Slavic *táuˀtei (“to entangle, to coil”) whence (via another extension) Lithuanian taujóti (“to squash”), Latvian taũjât (“to wander”). Possibly distantly related to Sanskrit तौति (tauti, “to gain power, strength”).

Verb

*tulìti impf

1. to constrict, to cram, to congregate
2. to contain, to enfold, to sheath (perhaps secondary from *tulъ, *tula (“quiver, envelop”) + *-iti)

   → (by extension) to hide, to shelter

Conjugation

Derived terms

• *otuliti
• *potuliti
• *prituliti
• *zatuliti

Related terms

• *tavati (“to roam around, to meander”)
• *tylъ (“nape”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: тулі́ць (tulícʹ, “to shelter”)
  • Russian: тулить (tulitʹ) (dialectal)
    • ⇒ Russian: притулить (pritulitʹ)
  • Ukrainian: тули́ти (tulýty, “to press”)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic: тоулити (tuliti)
  • Bulgarian: ту́ля (túlja) (dialectal)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: ту́лити

    Latin script: túliti

  • Slovene: túliti (“to squeeze”) (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: toulit (“to press”)
  • Polish: tulić (“to soothe”) (partially)
  • Slovak: túliť sa (“to press oneself against”)
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: tulić (“to press”)
    • Lower Sorbian: tuliś (“to bend; to tame; to hide”)

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “тулить”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• “taujóti”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012

References