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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/-ťi

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

When the stem ended in a velar the cluster *-kt- became palatalized before front vowels during the Common Slavic period which yielded this variant ending: *-kti > *-ḱťi > *-ćťi (?) > *-ťi.

Suffix

*-ťi

  1. Form of *-ti, used with root-stem verbs ending in *k or *g.

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: -чи (-či)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Cyrillic: -щи (-šti)
      Glagolitic: -ⱋⰻ (-šti)
    • Bulgarian: — (infinitive has been lost)
    • Macedonian: — (infinitive has been lost)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: -ћи
      Latin script: -ći
    • Slovene: -či
  • West Slavic:

References
  • Ranko Matasović (2008), Poredbenopovijesna gramatika hrvatskog jezika, Matica hrvatska: Zagreb, page 300f
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