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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/tatь

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-Indo-European *teh₂tis, from *(s)teh₂- (to do something secretly, conceal, thieve). Equivalent to *tajiti (to hide, conceal) + *-tь.

Cognate with Old Irish táid (thief), Ancient Greek τητάω (tētáō, I deprive, bereave, rob), Doric τᾱτάω (tātáō), Old Latin tatod (may he steal) (6th century BC), Sanskrit तायु (tāyu, thief).

Noun

*tatь m[1]

  1. thief

Declension

  • *tajiti (to hide, conceal)
  • *tajь (secret)

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: тать (tatĭ)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Cyrillic: тать (tatĭ)
      Glagolitic: ⱅⰰⱅⱐ (tatĭ)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic: та̑т
      Latin: tȃt
    • Slovene: tȃt

References

  1. Reconstructed as a jo-stem in Derksen 2008, but this must be secondary due to the lack of iotation of final *t.
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