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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/gryzti

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 Pre-Slavic *grūˀźtei. Cognate with Lithuanian gráužti (to gnaw) and Latvian grauzt.

Verb

*grỳzti impf [1][2]

  1. (transitive) to gnaw

Inflection

  • *gryzati

Descendants

  • East Slavic: грызти (gryzti)
    • Belarusian: гры́зці (hrýzci)
    • Russian: грызть (gryztʹ)
    • Ukrainian: гри́зти (hrýzty)

Further reading

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*grỳzti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 194: “v. (c) ‘gnaw’”
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001), gryzti: gryzǫ gryzetь”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:c (SA 208, 252, 255; PR 139)”
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