Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/xvatati

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 *xvatiti +‎ *-ati.[1]

    Verb

    *xvatati impf

    1. to grasp, catch, grab

    Conjugation

    Descendants

    • East Slavic:
      • Old East Slavic: хватити (xvatiti)
    • South Slavic:
    • West Slavic:
      • Old Czech: chvátati
      • Polish: chwatać, chwytać (mutual contamination with "chycić", current "chwycić")
      • Slovak: сhvátаť
      • Sorbian:
        • Upper Sorbian: chwatać
        • Lower Sorbian: chwataś

    References

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

    Further reading

    • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1981), “*xvatati”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 8 (*xa – *jьvьlga), Moscow: Nauka, page 123