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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/puxati

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 *pauš- + Proto-Slavic *-ati, from Proto-Indo-European *pews-. Cognate with Lithuanian pũsti (to blow), 1sg. puciù, pùsti (to inflate), 1sg. puntù, pūslė̃ (blister, bladder), Norwegian føysa (to swell), Sanskrit पुष्यति (púṣyati, to thrive), Latin pustula (bubble), possibly Ancient Greek φῡσάω (phūsáō, to snort), φῦσα (phûsa, bellows, bubble), Old Armenian փուք (pʿukʿ, breath).

Verb

*puxàti impf [1][2]

  1. to blow? to swell?

Inflection

Derived terms

  • *orzpuxati

Descendants

  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: puchati
      • Czech: napuchati, opuchati
    • Polish: puchać
    • Sorbian:
      • Upper Sorbian: puchać
      • Lower Sorbian: puchaś

Further reading

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*puxati”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 423: “v.”
  2. Snoj, Marko (2016), pūhati”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar, Ljubljana: Inštitut za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, →ISBN: “*puxa̋ti”
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