Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/nesti

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 *neśtei (“to carry”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁neḱ-. Cognates include Ancient Greek ἤνεγκα (ḗnenka, “I brought”) (aorist of φέρω (phérō)).

Verb

*nesti impf

1. to carry, to bring

Conjugation

Conjugation of *nesti, *nese, *nesetь (impf., -C-, _/ox-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*nesenьje	*nesti	*nestъ	*neslъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*nesenъ	*nesomъ
Active	*nesъ	*nesy

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*nes(ox)ъ	*nese	*nese	*nesǫ	*neseši	*nesetь
Dual	*nes(ox)ově	*nes(e/os)ta	*nes(e/os)te	*nesevě	*neseta	*nesete
Plural	*nes(ox)omъ	*nes(e/os)te	*nesǫ, *nesošę	*nesemъ	*nesete	*nesǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*nesěaxъ	*nesěaše	*nesěaše	—	*nesi	*nesi
Dual	*nesěaxově	*nesěašeta	*nesěašete	*nesěvě	*nesěta	—
Plural	*nesěaxomъ	*nesěašete	*nesěaxǫ	*nesěmъ	*nesěte	—

Derived terms

• *nositi (“to carry, to bear”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: нести (nesti)
    • Old Ruthenian: нести (nesti)
      • Belarusian: не́сці (njésci)
      • Carpathian Rusyn: не́сти (nésty)
      • Ukrainian: нести́ (nestý)
    • Russian: нести́ (nestí)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Cyrillic: нести (nesti)

    Glagolitic: ⱀⰵⱄⱅⰻ (nesti)

  • Bulgarian: неса́ (nesá) (dialectal)
  • Macedonian: несе (nese)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: не̏сти

    Latin script: nȅsti

  • Slovene: nésti (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: nésti
    • Czech: nést
  • Old Polish: nieść
    • Polish: nieść
    • Silesian: niyś
  • Slovincian: njêsc
  • Slovak: niesť
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: njesć
    • Lower Sorbian: njasć

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “несу”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1999), “*nesti (sę)”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 25 (*neroditi – *novotьnъ(jь)), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 19