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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/gǫsti

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed words 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 *gaustei, from Proto-Indo-European *gowh₂-dʰh₁-y-óti, denominative form of *gewH- (to call, invoke, cry).

Verb

*gǫsti impf [1]

  1. to make a sound, hum, sing
  2. to weep, wail, howl
  3. to play an instrument

Conjugation

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Russian: густь (gustʹ) (dialectal), густи́ (gustí) (dialectal)
    • Ukrainian: густи́ (hustý) (dialectal)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Cyrillic: гѫсти (gǫsti)
      Glagolitic: ⰳⱘⱄⱅⰹ (gǫsti)
    • Serbo-Croatian: gústi (archaic)
    • Slovene: gọ́sti (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: housti (archaic)
    • Polish: gąść (archaic)
    • Slovak: húsť

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*gǫsti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 183: “v. ‘play an instrument’”
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