Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/paxnǫti

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 the root of *paxati (“to sweep”) + *-nǫti. Probably onomatopoeic in origin.

Verb

*paxnǫti

to smell of

Inflection

1sg. *paxnǫ

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Related terms

*paxati (“to sweep”)

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Belarusian: па́хнуць (páxnucʹ)
- Russian: пахну́ть (paxnútʹ, “to puff, to blow”), 1sg. пахну́ (paxnú), 3sg. пахнёт (paxnjót); па́хнуть (páxnutʹ, “to smell of”)
- Ukrainian: па́хнути (páxnuty, “to smell good”)
South Slavic:
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: (запа̀хнути (“to begin to smell of”), 1sg. запа̀хне̄м)
  
  Latin: (zapàhnuti (“to begin to smell of”), 1sg. zapàhnēm)
West Slavic:
- Czech: páchnout (“to reek, to stink”)
- Polish: pachnąć (“to smell of”)
- Slovak: páchnuť (“to smell of”)
- Sorbian:
  - Upper Sorbian: pachnyć (“to emit smoke, to smoke”)

References

Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “па́хнуть”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volumes 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 14
Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “пахну́ть”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volumes 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 15
Derksen, Rick (2008) “*paxnǫti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 389
Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “па́хнуть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “паха́ть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

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