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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/gnesti

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 *gnestei, from Proto-Indo-European *gnét-ti, from *gnet-. Cognate with Proto-Germanic *knedaną, *knudaną.

Verb

*gnestì impf [1][2]

  1. to press
  2. to knead

Inflection

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic: гнести (gnesti)
      Glagolitic: ⰳⱀⰵⱄⱅⰻ (gnesti)
    • Bulgarian: гнета́ (gnetá)
    • Macedonian: гнете (gnete)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Serbo-Croatian: гњѐсти
      Serbo-Croatian: gnjèsti
    • Slovene: gnésti (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: hňésti
      • Czech: hníst
    • Polabian: gnitĕ
    • Polish: gnieść
    • Slovak: hniesť
    • Slovincian: gńìe̯sc

Further reading

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*gnestì”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 168: “v. (c) ‘knead, press’”
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001), gnesti: gnetǫ gnetetь”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:c trykke (PR 139)”
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