Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kyxati

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 in origin.

Verb

*kyxati impf (perfective *kyxnǫti)

to sneeze

Inflection

Conjugation of *kyxati, *kyxa, *kyxajetь (?, -a-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Suffix: *-ati

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*kyxanьje	*kyxati	*kyxatъ	*kyxalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*kyxanъ	*kyxajemъ
Active	*kyxavъ	*kyxaję

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*kyxaxъ	*kyxa	*kyxa	*kyxajǫ	*kyxaješi	*kyxajetь
Dual	*kyxaxově	*kyxasta	*kyxaste	*kyxajevě	*kyxajeta	*kyxajete
Plural	*kyxaxomъ	*kyxaste	*kyxašę	*kyxajemъ	*kyxajete	*kyxajǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*kyxaaxъ	*kyxaaše	*kyxaaše	—	*kyxaji	*kyxaji
Dual	*kyxaaxově	*kyxaašeta	*kyxaašete	*kyxajivě	*kyxajita	—
Plural	*kyxaaxomъ	*kyxaašete	*kyxaaxǫ	*kyxajimъ	*kyxajite	—

Related terms

*kъxati

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: кихати (kixati)
  - Russian: ки́хать (kíxatʹ) (dialectal)
South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: ки́хам (kíham)
- Macedonian: кива (kiva), кивне (kivne)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: ки́хати, ки́јати
  
  Latin script: kíhati, kíjati
- Slovene: kihati
West Slavic:
- Czech: kýchat
- Polish: kichać
- Slovak: kýchať

References

Derksen, Rick (2008) “*kyxati”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 265

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