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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/sъxnǫti

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 the zero grade of the root of *sȗxъ (dry) + *-nǫti, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂sews- (also reconstructed as *sh₂ews-). Cognate with Lithuanian saũsinti (to dry (transitive)), saũsti (to wither), sùsti (to scab over) (1sg. susù), saũsas (dry), Latvian sust (to dry (intransitive)) (1sg. susu), susêt (to wither) (1sg. susu, susẽju), sàuss (dry), Old Prussian sausā (dry, fem. acc. sg.), Sanskrit शोषयति (śoṣáyati, to let dry), शुष्क (śúṣka, dry, barren), Avestan 𐬵𐬎𐬱𐬐𐬀 (huška, dry), Homeric Ancient Greek αὖος (aûos, dry), Old English sēar (dry), English sere, sear.

Verb

*sъxnǫti impf

  1. (intransitive) to dry, to wither

Inflection

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: съхнꙋти (sŭxnuti)
      • Belarusian: со́хнуць (sóxnucʹ)
      • Russian: со́хнуть (sóxnutʹ, to dry, to wither)
      • Ukrainian: со́хнути (sóxnuty)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Cyrillic: 3sg. impf. съхнѣаше (sŭxněaše, (it) dried)
      Glagolitic: [Term?]
    • Bulgarian: съ́хна (sǎ́hna, to dry, to wither)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic: са̀хнути (to dry), 1sg. са̏хне̄м
      Latin: sàhnuti (to dry), 1sg. sȁxnēm
    • Slovene: səhníti (to wither) (tonal orthography), 1sg. sáhnem (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: schnout (to dry, to pine away)
    • Polish: schnąć (to dry, to wither, pine away)
    • Slovak: schnúť
    • Sorbian:
      • Upper Sorbian: schnyć, sknyć
      • Lower Sorbian: schnuś

References

  • Černyx, P. Ja. (1999), со́хнуть”, in Istoriko-etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 2, 3rd reprint edition, Moscow: Russkij jazyk, page 191
  • Derksen, Rick (2008), “*sъxnǫti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 479
  • Vasmer (Fasmer), Max (Maks) (1964–1973), со́хнуть”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv Oleg, Moscow: Progress
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