Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ložiti

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 *lágīˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *logʰ-éye-ti, causative of *legʰ- (“to lie”). Cognate with Gothic 𐌻𐌰𐌲𐌾𐌰𐌽 (lagjan, “to lay”), English lay.

Verb

*ložìti impf

1. to lay

Inflection

Conjugation of *ložiti, *loži, *ložitь (impf., -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm b)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*loženьje	*ložiti	*ložitъ	*ložilъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*loženъ	*ložimъ
Active	*ložь	*ložę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*ložixъ	*loži	*loži	*ložǫ	*ložiši	*ložitь
Dual	*ložixově	*ložista	*ložiste	*loživě	*ložita	*ložite
Plural	*ložixomъ	*ložiste	*ložišę	*ložimъ	*ložite	*ložętь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*ložaaxъ	*ložaaše	*ložaaše	—	*loži	*loži
Dual	*ložaaxově	*ložaašeta	*ložaašete	*loživě	*ložita	—
Plural	*ložaaxomъ	*ložaašete	*ložaaxǫ	*ložimъ	*ložite	—

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

Derived terms

• *uložiti
• *položiti
• *jьzložiti
• *otъložiti
• *naložiti
• *perložiti

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: ложити (ložiti)
    • Belarusian: лажы́ць (lažýcʹ)
    • Russian: ложи́ть (ložítʹ), ложи́ться (ložítʹsja), положи́ть (položítʹ)
    • Ukrainian: ложи́ти (ložýty) (dated)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: ложити (ložiti)

    Glagolitic script: ⰾⱁⰶⰻⱅⰻ (ložiti)

  • Bulgarian: ло́жа (lóža) (dialectal)
  • Macedonian: ложи (loži)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: ло̀жити

    Latin script: lòžiti

    • Chakavian (Vrgada): ložȉti
    • Chakavian (Orbanići): ložȉt
  • Slovene: ložīti (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: ložit (rare)
  • Old Polish: łożyć
    • Polish: łożyć
  • Slovak: ložiť
  • Slovincian: lôżëc
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: łožić
    • Lower Sorbian: łožyś

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ложи́ться”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1990), “*ložiti”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 16 (*lokadlo – *lъživьcь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 127