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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/sǫtь

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

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *sánti, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁sonti, verb form of *h₁ésti.

Cognate with Latin sunt.

Verb

*sǫtь

  1. third-person plural present of *byti

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: суть (sutĭ)
      • Russian: суть f (sutʹ, “essence, core, gist”)
      • Ukrainian: суть f (sutʹ, “essence, core, gist”)
    • Old Novgorodian: соуть (sutĭ), су (su)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic: сѫтъ (sǫtŭ)
    • Bulgarian: са (sa)
    • Macedonian: се (se), сет (set) (dialectal)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      • Cyrillic script: су, јѐсу
      • Latin script: su, jèsu
    • Old Slovene: sunt
      • Slovene: so
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: sú
    • Kashubian: są
    • Old Polish: są
    • Slovak: sú
    • Sorbian:
      • Upper Sorbian: su
      • Lower Sorbian: su

References

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