Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/šętati

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

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From Proto-Indo-European *sent- (“to head for, go”). Compare Proto-Germanic *sinþaz (“journey”) and Old Irish sét (“path, way”).

Verb

*šętati

to move, to stagger

Inflection

Conjugation of *šętati, *šęta, *šętajetь (impf., -a-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Suffix: *-ati

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*šętanьje	*šętati	*šętatъ	*šętalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*šętanъ	*šętajemъ
Active	*šętavъ	*šętaję

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*šętaxъ	*šęta	*šęta	*šętajǫ	*šętaješi	*šętajetь
Dual	*šętaxově	*šętasta	*šętaste	*šętajevě	*šętajeta	*šętajete
Plural	*šętaxomъ	*šętaste	*šętašę	*šętajemъ	*šętajete	*šętajǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*šętaaxъ	*šętaaše	*šętaaše	—	*šętaji	*šętaji
Dual	*šętaaxově	*šętaašeta	*šętaašete	*šętajivě	*šętajita	—
Plural	*šętaaxomъ	*šętaašete	*šętaaxǫ	*šętajimъ	*šętajite	—

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: шатати (šatati), шататисѧ (šatatisę)
  - Old Ruthenian: шата́тисѧ (šatátisja)
    - Ukrainian: шата́тися (šatátysja)
  - Russian: шата́ть (šatátʹ), шата́ться (šatátʹsja)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  - Church Slavonic: шѩтати (šjętati) (Serbian recension)
- Bulgarian: ше́там (šétam)
- Macedonian: шета (šeta)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: ше́тати
  
  Latin script: šétati
- Slovene: šétati (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Czech: šátat