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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/znati

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 *źnōˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- (“to know”).

Verb

*znàti[1][2][3]

  1. to know

Conjugation
Conjugation of *znati, *zna, *znajetь (?, -V-, s-aorist, accent paradigm a)
Verbal noun Infinitive Supine L-participle
*znanьje *znati *znatъ *znalъ
Participles
Tense Past Present
Passive *znanъ *znajemъ
Active *znavъ *znaję
Aorist Present
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Singular *znaxъ*zna*zna *znajǫ*znaješi*znajetь
Dual *znaxově*znasta*znaste *znajevě*znajeta*znajete
Plural *znaxomъ*znaste*znašę *znajemъ*znajete*znajǫtь
Imperfect Imperative
Person 1st2nd3rd 1st2nd3rd
Singular *znaaxъ*znaaše*znaaše —*znaji*znaji
Dual *znaaxově*znaašeta*znaašete *znajivě*znajita—
Plural *znaaxomъ*znaašete*znaaxǫ *znajimъ*znajite—

Derived terms

Descendants

Further reading
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “знать”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. & suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993), “знать”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 1 (а – пантомима), 3rd edition, Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 326

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*znàti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 546: “v. (a) ‘know’”
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001), “znati: znajǫ znajetь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a (SA 204, 207, 246; PR 133)”
  3. Snoj, Marko (2016), “znáti”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “*zna̋ti, sed. *zna̋jǫ”
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