Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/tratiti

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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

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Etymology

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Causative from *trata +‎ *-iti, likely akin to Lithuanian trótinti (to tease, to agitate), Samogitian trúotas (grindstone), Latvian trũots (grindstone). Outside of Balto-Slavic, perhaps cognate with Gothic 𐌸𐍂𐍉𐌸𐌾𐌰𐌽 (þrōþjan, to exercise) (Proto-Germanic *þrōþijaną).

Commonly compared with *terti (to rub) from Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- (to rub, to twist). Phonetically more compatible with Proto-Indo-European *treh₃- (to harm, to gnaw) (whence Ancient Greek τῐτρώσκω (titrṓskō, to hurt)).

Verb

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*tra̋titi impf[1]

  1. (perhaps originally[1]) to shatter, to wreck, to crumble
  2. (figurative) to waste, to lose
    Synonym: *xabiti

Conjugation

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  • *tratati (to prosecute) (a/j-conj.)
  • *trata (wreckage, waste)

Descendants

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  • Non-Slavic:
    • Lithuanian: trõtyti (to waste)

Further reading

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  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “трата”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • truotas”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Snoj, Marko (2016) “tratiti”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si:Pslovan. *tra̋titi