Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/gojiti

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 *gájīˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷoyh₃-éye-ti, causative of *gʷeyh₃- (“to live”).

Verb

*gojìti

1. to treat, heal
2. to feed

Inflection

Conjugation of *gojiti, *goji, *gojitь (?, -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*gojenьje	*gojiti	*gojitъ	*gojilъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*gojenъ	*gojimъ
Active	*gojь	*goję

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*gojixъ	*goji	*goji	*gojǫ	*gojiši	*gojitь
Dual	*gojixově	*gojista	*gojiste	*gojivě	*gojita	*gojite
Plural	*gojixomъ	*gojiste	*gojišę	*gojimъ	*gojite	*gojętь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*gojaaxъ	*gojaaše	*gojaaše	—	*goji	*goji
Dual	*gojaaxově	*gojaašeta	*gojaašete	*gojivě	*gojita	—
Plural	*gojaaxomъ	*gojaašete	*gojaaxǫ	*gojimъ	*gojite	—

Notes:
• (*)*gojivъ is a later doublet of the past active participle

Derived terms

• *gojь (“fest, abundance”)
• *gojьnъ (“fat, saturated”)
• *gajь (“grove”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: гоити (goiti)
    • Russian: го́ить (góitʹ)
    • Ukrainian: го́їти (hójity)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: гоя́ (gojá)
  • Macedonian: гои (goi)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: го̀јити

    Latin script: gòjiti

  • Slovene: gojīti (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: hojiti
    • Czech: hojit
  • Polish: goić
  • Pomeranian:
    • Kashubian: gòjic
    • Slovincian: gôjic
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: hojić
    • Lower Sorbian: gójś

Further reading

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