Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/gryzti

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 *grūˀźtei, according to Pokorny, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷruHǵʰ-, see also Ancient Greek βρύκω (brúkō).^[1] Cognate with Lithuanian gráužti (“to gnaw”) and Latvian grauzt.

Verb

*grỳzti impf^[2]^[3]

(transitive) to gnaw

Inflection

Conjugation of *gryzti, *gryze, *gryzetь (impf., -C-, _/ox-aorist, accent paradigm c)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*gryzenьje	*gryzti	*gryztъ	*gryzlъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*gryzenъ	*gryzomъ
Active	*gryzъ	*gryzy

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*gryz(ox)ъ	*gryze	*gryze	*gryzǫ	*gryzeši	*gryzetь
Dual	*gryz(ox)ově	*gryz(e/os)ta	*gryz(e/os)te	*gryzevě	*gryzeta	*gryzete
Plural	*gryz(ox)omъ	*gryz(e/os)te	gryzǫ, gryzošę	*gryzemъ	*gryzete	*gryzǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*gryzěaxъ	*gryzěaše	*gryzěaše	—	*gryzi	*gryzi
Dual	*gryzěaxově	*gryzěašeta	*gryzěašete	*gryzěvě	*gryzěta	—
Plural	*gryzěaxomъ	*gryzěašete	*gryzěaxǫ	*gryzěmъ	*gryzěte	—

Derived terms

*gryža

Related terms

*gryzati

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: грꙑзти (gryzti)
  - Belarusian: гры́зці (hrýzci)
  - Russian: грызть (gryztʹ)
  - Ukrainian: гри́зти (hrýzty)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Cyrillic грꙑсти (grysti)
  
  Glagolitic ⰳⱃⱏⰹⱄⱅⰺ (grysti)
- Bulgarian: гриза́ (grizá)
- Macedonian: гризе (grize)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  - Cyrillic script: гри̏сти
  - Latin script: grȉsti
- Slovene: grísti (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: hrýzti
  - Czech: hrýzt
- Polish: gryźć
- Pomeranian:
  - Kashubian: grëzc
  - Slovincian: grëzc
- Slovak: hrýzť

References

^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “gʷrēuĝ h-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 485-86
^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*grỳzti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 194: “v. (c) ‘gnaw’”
^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “gryzti: gryzǫ gryzetь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎^[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c (SA 208, 252, 255; PR 139)”

Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1980), “*gryzti/*gryzati”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 7 (*golvačь – *gyžati), Moscow: Nauka, page 160

[1] Pokorny, Julius (1959) “gʷrēuĝ h-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 485-86

[2] Derksen, Rick (2008) “*grỳzti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 194: “v. (c) ‘gnaw’”

[3] Olander, Thomas (2001) “gryzti: gryzǫ gryzetь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎^[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c (SA 208, 252, 255; PR 139)”

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