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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/snuti

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 Proto-Balto-Slavic *snauˀ-, from Proto-Indo-European *snewH-. Cognate with Proto-Germanic *snewaną (whence Gothic 𐍃𐌽𐌹𐍅𐌰𐌽 (sniwan, to hurry), Old Norse snúa (to wind, to twist, to warp)) and akin to Latvian snaujis (noose).

Verb

*snùti[1][2][3]

  1. to warp (yarn, thread)

Inflection

Alternative forms

Descendants

  • Church Slavonic: сноути (snuti) (Russian)
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: сновати (snovati)
      • Belarusian: снава́ць (snavácʹ)
      • Russian: снова́ть (snovátʹ)
      • Ukrainian: снува́ти (snuváty), снова́ти (snováty), сну́ти (snúty)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: snúti
    • Kashubian: snëc, snovac
    • Polish: snuć, snować (archaic)
    • Slovak: snovať, snuť
    • Sorbian:
      • Upper Sorbian: snować
      • Lower Sorbian: snowaś, snuś

Further reading

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2008) “*snuti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 457:v. ‘warp’
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001) “snuti: snovǫ snovetь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:c (SA 204, 206, 238)
  3. Snoj, Marko (2016) “snúti”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si:*snűti
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