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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/dъxnǫti

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 *dъxъ (breath, sniff) + *-nǫti, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰews-. Cognate with Lithuanian dùsti (to suffocate) (Eastern dialectal), dvė̃sti (to breathe, to blow), dūsė́ti (to breathe heavily), dūsúoti (to breathe heavily), dū́sauti (to sigh); Latvian dust (to gasp), dvèst (to breathe heavily); Gothic 𐌳𐌹𐌿𐍃 (dius, wild animal), English deer.

Verb

*dъxnǫti pf (imperfective *dyšati)[1][2]

  1. to breathe
  2. to blow

Inflection

  • *duxati (to breathe, to blow)
  • *dvoxati (to breathe heavily?)
  • *dyxati (to breathe)
  • *duxъ (breath, spirit)
  • *dušà (soul)
  • *dъxъ (breathing, breath)

Derived terms

  • *jьzdъxnǫti (to breathe out, (figuratively) to die)
  • *nadъxnǫti (to excite, to inoculate)
  • *vъzdъxnǫti (to sigh)
  • *vъdъxnǫti (to inspire)
    • *vъdъxnovenъ (inspired)
    • *vъdъxnovenьje (inspiration)
    • *vъdъxnoviteľь (inspirator)

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: дъхнꙋти (dŭxnuti)
      • Belarusian: до́хнуць (dóxnucʹ, to croak, to die)
      • Russian: дохну́ть (doxnútʹ, to breathe, to blow), до́хнуть (dóxnutʹ, to croak, to die)
      • Ukrainian: дохну́ти (doxnúty, to sigh), дхну́ти (dxnúty, to breathe), до́хнути (dóxnuty, to croak, to die)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Cyrillic: дъхнѫти (dŭxnǫti)
      Glagolitic: ⰄⰟⰘⰐⰨⰕⰋ (DŬXNǪTI)
    • Bulgarian: дъ́хна (dǎ́hna)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: да̀хнути
      Latin script: dàhnuti
    • Slovene: dəhníti, dáhniti (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: dchnout, dechnout, tchnout
    • Polish: tchnąć
    • Kashubian: dchnąc, tchnąc
    • Slovak: dochnúť

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “дохну́ть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1978), “*dъxnǫti”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 5 (*dělo – *dьržьlь), Moscow: Nauka, page 177

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2008) “*dъxnǫti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 129:v. ‘breathe, blow’
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001) “dъxnǫti: dъxnǫ dъxnetь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:b (SA 211, 260; PR 137)
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