Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/prętati

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

    Of unclear origin.[1] Traditionally taken as a verbal formation related to *prǫ̑tъ (rod), thus "to weave with a rod" > "to tidy, perform various actions", though this is speculative.[2]

    Verb

    *prętati

    1. (transitive) to bury?, to conceal?, to hide?, to tidy?
      Synonyms: *krỳti, *xovati, *zakopati

    Inflection

    Descendants

    • East Slavic:
      • Old East Slavic: прѧтати (prętati)
        • Old Ruthenian: прѧ́тати (prjátati), пра́тати (prátati)
          • Belarusian: пра́таць (prátacʹ)
          • Ukrainian: пря́тати (prjátaty) (dialectal)
        • Russian: пря́тать (prjátatʹ)
        • Old East Slavic: съпрѧтати (sŭprętati)
    • South Slavic
      • Old Church Slavonic:
        Old Cyrillic script: прѩтати (prjętati)
      • Bulgarian: опре́там (oprétam), запре́твам (zaprétvam), спре́тнат (sprétnat)
      • Macedonian: за́прета (zápreta, to bury, cover, hide)
      • Serbo-Croatian:
        Cyrillic script: пре̏тати
        Latin script: prȅtati
      • Slovene: spгẹ́tən (tonal orthography)
    • West Slavic

    References

    1. ^ Boryś, Wiesław (2005), “sprzątać”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN, page 572
    2. ^ Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “пря́тать”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress