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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/gaziti

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

Baltic cognates include Lithuanian góžti (to overthrow, overturn, pour out), Latvian gâzt (to overthrow, overturn, pour (out))
Indo-European cognates include Sanskrit गाहते (gāhate, to penetrate, step into the water, wade)

Verb

*gàziti impf [1]

  1. to wade
  2. to tread, tread on, tread down

Inflection

Derived terms

  • *nagaziti

Descendants

  • Old Church Slavonic: изгазити (izgaziti) (Russia)
  • South Slavic:

Further reading

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*gàziti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 162: “v. (a)”
  2. The secondary meaning to override, to get in trouble has been related to Old Oghuric *qas- (to oppress).
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