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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.

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

Further reading

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