Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/traviti

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

• Per Derksen, a denominative verb derived from *trāvà (“grass”).
• According to Pokorny, from Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- (“to rub”). This is supported by Vasmer, citing it as cognate with Ancient Greek τρώω (trṓō, “to hurt”), τιτρώσκω (titrṓskō, “to hurt”), τρῡ́ω (trū́ō, “to destroy, to exhaust”), Old High German drawa (“threat”), drōа (“threat”), Old English þrēа (“threat, punishment”). More distantly related to Proto-Slavic *terti (“to rub”), as well as *trāvà (“grass”).
• Per Trubachev, *trāvìti is the causative of *truti (“to feed? to consume? to poison?”), and *trāvà is derived from the verb, not the other way around.

Verb

*trāvìti

1. to poison?
2. to feed with grass?
3. to consume?

Inflection

Conjugation of *traviti, *travi, *travitь (?, -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm b)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*travľenьje	*traviti	*travitъ	*travilъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*travľenъ	*travimъ
Active	*travľь	*travę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*travixъ	*travi	*travi	*travľǫ	*traviši	*travitь
Dual	*travixově	*travista	*traviste	*travivě	*travita	*travite
Plural	*travixomъ	*traviste	*travišę	*travimъ	*travite	*travętь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*travľaaxъ	*travľaaše	*travľaaše	—	*travi	*travi
Dual	*travľaaxově	*travľaašeta	*travľaašete	*travivě	*travita	—
Plural	*travľaaxomъ	*travľaašete	*travľaaxǫ	*travimъ	*travite	—

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

Related terms

• *trāvà (“grass”)
• *trě̄và (“grass”)
• *trovati (“to poison”)
• *truti (“to feed? to consume? to poison?”)
• *tryti (“to rub”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: траві́ць (travícʹ)
  • Russian: трави́ть (travítʹ)
  • Ukrainian: трави́ти (travýty)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Cyrillic: травѧщиима (travęštiima, masc. dat. pl. pres. act. part.) (erroneous form, should be травѧщиимъ (travęštiimŭ))

    Glagolitic: [Term?]

  • Bulgarian: тро́вя (tróvja)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: тра́вити

    Latin script: tráviti

• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: tráviti
    • Czech: trávit
  • Old Polish: trawić
    • Polish: trawić
    • Silesian: trŏwić
  • Pomeranian:
    • Kashubian: trawic
    • Slovincian: trawjic
  • Slovak: tráviť

Further reading

• Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “трави́ть”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 255
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “трави́ть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress