Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kutiti

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

Per Vasmer and Derksen, the etymology is unclear.

Formerly connected to Ancient Greek σκεῦος (skeûos) and Proto-Germanic *hawjaną for a Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewh₁-.

Verb

*kutiti

to devise? to whirl?

Inflection

Conjugation of *kutiti, *kuti, *kutitь (?, -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*kuťenьje	*kutiti	*kutitъ	*kutilъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*kuťenъ	*kutimъ
Active	*kuťь	*kutę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*kutixъ	*kuti	*kuti	*kuťǫ	*kutiši	*kutitь
Dual	*kutixově	*kutista	*kutiste	*kutivě	*kutita	*kutite
Plural	*kutixomъ	*kutiste	*kutišę	*kutimъ	*kutite	*kutętь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*kuťaaxъ	*kuťaaše	*kuťaaše	—	*kuti	*kuti
Dual	*kuťaaxově	*kuťaašeta	*kuťaašete	*kutivě	*kutita	—
Plural	*kuťaaxomъ	*kuťaašete	*kuťaaxǫ	*kutimъ	*kutite	—

(*)*kutivъ is a later doublet of the past active participle

Descendants

Church Slavonic: коутити (kutiti, “to devise”)

East Slavic:
- Russian: кути́ть (kutítʹ, “to carouse, to revel; to spread gossip (dialectal); to whirl (of a snowstorm) (dialectal)”), 1sg. кучу́ (kučú), 3sg. ку́тит (kútit)
South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: ку́тя (kútja, “to take care”) (dialectal)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: ку́тити (“to fall completely into illness”)^[1]
  
  Latin: kútiti (“to fall completely into illness”)^[1]
- Slovene: kutiti (“to bend, to hide oneself, to squat”)
West Slavic:
- Czech: kutit (“to plan, to design, to venture”) (kutit se (“to rummage through”))
- Polabian: t’autait, t’aitait (“to do”)
- Slovak: kutiť (“to look for, to rummage through, to venture”)
- Sorbian:
  - Upper Sorbian: kućić (“to do, to be in charge”)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Pero Budmani, editor (1898–1903), “kútiti”, in Rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika‎^[1] (in Serbo-Croatian), volume 5, Zagreb: JAZU, page 839

Derksen, Rick (2008), “*kutiti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 258
Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “кути́ть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1987), “*kutiti (sę)”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 13 (*kroměžirъ – *kyžiti), Moscow: Nauka, page 139

[rja-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Pero Budmani, editor (1898–1903), “kútiti”, in Rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika‎^[1] (in Serbo-Croatian), volume 5, Zagreb: JAZU, page 839

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