Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/tęžati

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 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 In most daughter languages, this verb has been superseded by the similar denominal causative Proto-Slavic *tęžiti (“to weigh”).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”).

*tęžati impf

1. to weigh, to burden

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

• *tęžava (“wight”)
• *težalivъ (“heavy, severe”)

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

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