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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pustiti

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

Per Derksen, cognate with *pȗstъ (empty) and Old Prussian pausto (wild); further connections unknown. Pokorny suggests a connection with Ancient Greek παῦσις (paûsis, end, rest, pause) (whence English pause), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂s-, but Derksen challenges this on accentual grounds.

Verb

*pustìti [1]

  1. to let go
  2. to let
  3. to send

Inflection

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Cyrillic: поустити (pustiti), 1sg. поущѫ (puštǫ)
      Glagolitic: [Term?]
    • Bulgarian: пу́стя (pústja)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic: пу̀стити, 1sg. пу̏стӣм
      Latin: pùstiti, 1sg. pȕstīm
      • Chakavian (Vrgada): puštȉti, 2sg. pũštīš
      • Chakavian (Orbanići): puštȉt, 1sg. pũštīn
    • Slovene: pustíti (tonal orthography), 1sg. pustím (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: pustit, 1sg. pustím
    • Polish: puścić, 1sg. puszczę
    • Slovak: pustiť
    • Sorbian:
      • Upper Sorbian: pušćić, pušćeć
      • Lower Sorbian: pušćiś
  • Lithuanian: pũstyti

Further reading

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*pustìti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 424
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