Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/gojiti

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 *gájīˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷoyh₃-éye-ti, causative of *gʷeyh₃- (to live).

    Verb

    *gojìti[1][2]

    1. to treat, heal
    2. to feed

    Inflection

    Derived terms

    • *gojь (fest, abundance)
    • *gojьnъ (fat, saturated)
    • *gajь (grove)

    Descendants

    • East Slavic:
      • Old East Slavic: гоити (goiti)
    • South Slavic:
    • West Slavic:
      • Old Czech: hojiti
      • Old Polish:
        • Polish: goić
        • Silesian: gojić
      • Polabian: ďüjĕ (3sg.)
      • Pomeranian:
        • Kashubian: gòjic
        • Slovincian: gôjic
      • Slovak: hojiť
      • Sorbian:
        • Lower Sorbian: gójś
        • Upper Sorbian: hojić

    Further reading

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

    References

    1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008), “*gojiti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 173:v. ‘treat, heal’
    2. ^ Snoj, Marko (2016), “gojīti”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si:Pslovan. *goji̋ti