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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kuditi

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 1

From Proto-Indo-European *kowdéyeti, causative/iterative from the root *kewd-, or derived from *kudъ, *kudь, *kudo (sorcery? evil spirit?), from the same root. Cognate with Ancient Greek κυδάζω (kudázō, to jeer at), Old Norse hóta (to threaten), English hoot, Old High German hosc (scorn, mockery), Middle High German hiuzen (to become impudent), Sanskrit कुत्सयति (kutsáyati, to scold).

Verb

*kùditi impf [1][2]

  1. to prosecute
    Synonym: *goniti
  2. to accuse, to reproach
    Synonym: *xuliti
  3. (by extension) to curse, to slander
    Synonym: *klevetati
Inflection
Derived terms
  • *kuďati (intensive variant)
  • *kuditeľь (accuser, persecutor)
  • *kudьba (blasphemy)
  • *kudo (sorcery? evil spirit?)
  • *kudъ, *kudь (sorcery? evil spirit?)
Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: кꙋдити (kuditi)
      • Russian: ку́дить (kúditʹ) (dialectal)
        • Russian: проку́дить (prokúditʹ) (Southern and Western dialectal))
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
    • Polish: przekudzić (dialectal)
    • Slovak: kudiť (Jungmann's and Kott's dictionaries; archaic or dialectal)

Further reading

Etymology 2

Obsolete, probably an expressive iterative variant of *kusti (to patronize, to befriend) + *-iti or of onomatopoeic origin.

Verb

*kuditi impf (perfective *kudnǫti)

  1. to kiss
    Synonyms: *cělovati, *baknovati
Descendants
  • South Slavic:

Further reading

  • Georgiev Vl. I., editor (1986), кудя²”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 77

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*kùditi”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 255: “v. (a)”
  2. Snoj, Marko (2016), kúditi”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar, Ljubljana: Inštitut za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, →ISBN
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