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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/buxati

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

Onomatopoeic. Has been compared to Ancient Greek βύᾱς (búās), Latin būbō, Latvian baũkš and Old Armenian բու (bu).

Verb

*buxati impf (perfective *buxnǫti)

  1. (transitive) to bang?, to thump?
  2. (intransitive) to thud?

Inflection

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic:
  • South Slavic:
    • Bulgarian: бу́хам (búham)
    • Macedonian: бува (buva)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: бу́хнути
      Latin script: buhnuti
    • Slovene: búhati (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic
    • Czech: bouchat
    • Polish: buchać
    • Slovak: búchať
    • Sorbian:
      Lower Sorbian: buchaś
      Upper Sorbian: buchać

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “бу́хать”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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