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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/nesti

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 *neśtei (“to carry”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂neḱ-. Cognates include Ancient Greek ἤνεγκα (ḗnenka, “I brought”) (aorist of φέρω (phérō)).

Verb

*nesti impf[1]

  1. to carry, to bring

Conjugation
Conjugation of *nesti, *nese, *nesetь (impf., -C-, _/ox-aorist, accent paradigm ?)
Verbal noun Infinitive Supine L-participle
*nesenьje *nesti *nestъ *neslъ
Participles
Tense Past Present
Passive *nesenъ *nesomъ
Active *nesъ *nesy
Aorist Present
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Singular *nes(ox)ъ*nese*nese *nesǫ*neseši*nesetь
Dual *nes(ox)ově*nes(e/os)ta*nes(e/os)te *nesevě*neseta*nesete
Plural *nes(ox)omъ*nes(e/os)te*nesǫ, *nesošę *nesemъ*nesete*nesǫtь
Imperfect Imperative
Person 1st2nd3rd 1st2nd3rd
Singular *nesěaxъ*nesěaše*nesěaše —*nesi*nesi
Dual *nesěaxově*nesěašeta*nesěašete *nesěvě*nesěta—
Plural *nesěaxomъ*nesěašete*nesěaxǫ *nesěmъ*nesěte—

Derived terms

Descendants

Further reading
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “несу”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. & suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1999), “*nesti (sę)”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), issue 25 (*neroditi – *novotьnъ(jь)), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 19

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*nestì”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 350
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