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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/blęsti

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed words 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 *blenstei, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰlendʰ-ye-ti, from *bʰlendʰ- (to blend, mix up).

Verb

*blęsti [1][2]

  1. to talk nonsense
  2. to err

Inflection

<a href='/wiki/Category:Proto-Slavic_terms_derived_from_the_PIE_root_*b%CA%B0lend%CA%B0-' title='Category:Proto-Slavic terms derived from the PIE root *bʰlendʰ-'>Proto-Slavic terms derived from the PIE root *bʰlendʰ-</a>‎ (0 c, 5 e)
  <a href='/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bl%C4%99d%D1%8C' title='Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/blędь'>Proto-Slavic/blędь</a>
  <a href='/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bl%C4%99sti' title='Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/blęsti'>Proto-Slavic/blęsti</a>
  <a href='/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bl%C7%ABditi' title='Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/blǫditi'>Proto-Slavic/blǫditi</a>
  <a href='/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bl%C7%ABd%D1%8Cn%D1%8A' title='Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/blǫdьnъ'>Proto-Slavic/blǫdьnъ</a>
  <a href='/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bl%C7%ABd%D1%8A' title='Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/blǫdъ'>Proto-Slavic/blǫdъ</a>

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: блясти (bljasti)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Cyrillic: блѧсти (blęsti)
      Glagolitic: ⰱⰾⱔⱄⱅⰻ (blęsti)
    • Bulgarian: блещя (bleštja)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic: блести
      Latin: blesti
    • Slovene: blésti (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: blésti

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*blęsti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 44: “v. ‘talk nonsense, err’”
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001), blędǫ blęsti[?]”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:c tage fejl (PR 139)”
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