Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/sęgnǫti

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 *sęg- +‎ *-nǫti.[1]

    Verb

    *sę̄gnǫ̀ti

    1. to reach for, to attain

    Inflection

    Descendants

    • East Slavic:
      • Belarusian: сягну́ць (sjahnúcʹ, to reach)
      • Russian: сягну́ть (sjagnútʹ, to reach for, to attain) (dialectal)
      • Ukrainian: сягну́ти (sjahnúty, to reach, to grasp)
    • South Slavic:
      • Old Church Slavonic:
        Cyrillic: присѧгнѫти (prisęgnǫti, to touch), other prefixed verbs
        Glagolitic: [Term?]
      • Bulgarian: се́гна (ségna, to extend a hand)
      • Macedonian: сегне (segne, to reach)
      • Serbo-Croatian:
        Cyrillic script: се́гнути (to reach); dialectal се̏гнути се (to reach for)
        Latin: ségnuti (to reach); dialectal sȅgnuti se (to reach for)
      • Slovene: sẹ́gniti (to reach for) (tonal orthography), 1sg. sẹ̑gnem (tonal orthography)
    • West Slavic:
      • Old Czech: sáhnúti
        • Czech: sáhnout (to touch, to reach for)
      • Polish: sięgnąć (to reach for, to reach)
      • Slovak: siahnuť (to reach for)
      • Sorbian:
        • Upper Sorbian: dosahnyć
        • Lower Sorbian: segnuś

    References

    1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008), “*sę̄gnǫ̀ti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 449

    Further reading

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