Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/visěti

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

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Verb

*visěti

to hang
to be suspended

Conjugation

Conjugation of *visěti, *visě, *visitь (?, -ě/i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*visěnьje	*visěti	*visětъ	*visělъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*visěnъ	*visimъ
Active	*visěvъ	*visę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*visěxъ	*visě	*visě	*višǫ	*visiši	*visitь
Dual	*visěxově	*visěsta	*visěste	*visivě	*visita	*visite
Plural	*visěxomъ	*visěste	*visěšę	*visimъ	*visite	*visętь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*visěaxъ	*visěaše	*visěaše	—	*visi	*visi
Dual	*visěaxově	*visěašeta	*visěašete	*visivě	*visita	—
Plural	*visěaxomъ	*visěašete	*visěaxǫ	*visimъ	*visite	—

Related terms

*věsiti
*věsъ, *věsa

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: висѣти (visěti)
  - Old Ruthenian: висѣти (visěti), висꙗ́ти (visjáti)
    - Belarusian: вісе́ць (visjécʹ)
    - Ukrainian: ви́сіти (výsity), висі́ти (vysíty)
  - Russian: висе́ть (visétʹ)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Old Cyrillic script: висѣти (visěti)
  
  Glagolitic script: ⰲⰻⱄⱑⱅⰻ (visěti)
- Bulgarian: вися́ (visjá)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: ви̏сjети
  
  Latin script: vȉsjeti
- Slovene: viséti (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Czech: viset
- Polish: wisieć
- Slovak: visieť
- Sorbian:
  - Upper Sorbian: wisać
  - Lower Sorbian: wisaś

References

Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “висеть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/visěti

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