Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ęti

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-Balto-Slavic *ímtei, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁em-.

Verb

*ętì

1. to take

Conjugation

Conjugation of *ęti, *ę(tъ), *jьmetь (?, -V/C-, t-aorist, accent paradigm b)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*ętьje	*ęti	*ętъ	*ęlъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*ętъ	*jьmomъ
Active	*jьmъ	*jьmy

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*ęsъ	*ę(tъ)	*ę(tъ)	*jьmǫ	*jьmeši	*jьmetь
Dual	*ęsově	*ęsta	*ęste	*jьmevě	*jьmeta	*jьmete
Plural	*ęsomъ	*ęste	*ęsę	*jьmemъ	*jьmete	*jьmǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*jьměaxъ	*jьměaše	*jьměaše	—	*jьmi	*jьmi
Dual	*jьměaxově	*jьměašeta	*jьměašete	*jьměvě	*jьměta	—
Plural	*jьměaxomъ	*jьměašete	*jьměaxǫ	*jьměmъ	*jьměte	—

Related terms

• *jьmati
• *jьměti

Derived terms

• *emьcь
• *sъjьmъ / *sǫjьmъ
  • Polish: sejm
    • → Lithuanian: seimas
    • → English: sejm
• *orzjьmъ
• *sъnęti
• *vъzęti
• *jьzęti
• *vъnęti
• *otęti
• *ędlo
• *nejęsytь

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: ѧти (jęti)
    • Old Ruthenian: ѧти (jati)
      • Ukrainian: -я́ти (-játy), -ня́ти (-njáty), йня́ти (jnjáty)
  • Russian: ять (jatʹ) (dialectal)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic: ѩти (jęti)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: је́ти

    Latin script: jéti

  • Slovene: jẹ́ti (tonal orthography) (archaic)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: jieti
    • Czech: jmout
  • Kashubian: jąc, jic
  • Polish: jąć
  • Polabian: jėmĕ (3sg.)
  • Slovak: jať