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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/klamati

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

Unknown, possibly of expressive origin with original meaning to swindle, to swing. Morphologically from *klama + *-ati.

Verb

*klamàti impf[1]

  1. to sway, to swindle
  2. to lie, to deceive (in West Slavic)
    Synonym: *lъgati

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • *klamьstvo (falsehood)
  • *klama (clumsiness)

Descendants

  • South Slavic:
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: кла̏мати (dialectal)
      Latin script: klȁmati (dialectal)
    • Slovene: klamáti (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1983), “*klamati”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 9 (*jьz – *klenьje), Moscow: Nauka, page 182

References

  1. Snoj, Marko (2016) “klamiti”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si:Pslovan. *klama̋ti
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