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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/rějati

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 Proto-Balto-Slavic *ráiˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reyH- (sometimes reconstructed as *h₃reyh₂-).

Baltic cognates include Latvian raĩdȋt (to send hastily, urge).

Indo-European cognates include Sanskrit रीयते (rī́yate, to flow, whirl), रेतस् (rétas), रीति (rītí, current, stream; motion), रिणाति (riṇāti), Latin rīvus (brook, small stream). See *rìnǫti for further cognates.

Verb

*rě̀jati impf

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Inflection

See also

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: рѣꙗти (rějati)
      • Russian: ре́ять (réjatʹ, to soar, to hover, to flutter)
      • Ukrainian: рі́яти (ríjaty, to swarm)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Cyrillic: рѣꙗти (rějati, to push, to press)
      Glagolitic: [Term?]
    • Bulgarian: ре́я (réja, to wander, to fly)
  • West Slavic: —

References

  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “реять”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volumes 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 115
  • Derksen, Rick (2008) “rě̀jati”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 434
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “реять”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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