Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/gatь

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 reconstructions

  • *gatъ

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *gā́ˀtei (“to go, to proceed”), ultimately, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷeh₂- (“to go”).

Noun

*gatь f

  1. causeway?

Declension

Declension of *gatь (i-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *gatь *gati *gati
genitive *gati *gatьju, *gaťu* *gatьjь, *gati*
dative *gati *gatьma *gatьmъ
accusative *gatь *gati *gati
instrumental *gatьjǫ, *gaťǫ* *gatьma *gatьmi
locative *gati *gatьju, *gaťu* *gatьxъ
vocative *gati *gati *gati

* The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: гать (gatĭ)
  • South Slavic:
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: га̏т m
      Latin script: gȁt m
    • Slovene: gȃt m (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: hať
    • Polish: gać (obsolete)
    • Slovak: hať
    • Sorbian:
      • Lower Sorbian: gat
      • Upper Sorbian: hat
  • Non-Slavic:

Further reading

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1979), “*gatь/*gatъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 6 (*e – *golva), Moscow: Nauka, page 108
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “гать”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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