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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/slušati

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 earlier *sluxěti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *klauˀš-, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlows-, from *ḱlew-. Baltic cognates include Lithuanian kláusti (to ask), klausýti (to listen), 3sg. klaũso, Old Prussian klausiton (to hear), klausēmai (I listen). Indo-European cognates include Sanskrit श्रोषति (śróṣati, to listen, to obey), Old Irish clúas (hearing, ear), Old High German hlosēn (to listen), English listen, English loud, etc. Derksen asserts that the initial *s- (vs. Baltic initial *k-) was adopted from related words with e-grade vocalism, where it would be expected.

Verb

*slùšati impf [1][2]

  1. to listen

Inflection

Descendants

Further reading

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*slùšati”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 455: “v. (a) ‘listen’”
  2. Snoj, Marko (2016), slúšati”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar, Ljubljana: Inštitut za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, →ISBN: “*slűšati”
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