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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/xybati

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 Proto-Indo-European *kʷsewbʰ-. Cognate with Sanskrit क्षुभ्यति (kṣubhyati, to shake, be agitated).

Verb

*xybati [1]

  1. to sway

Inflection

  • *xyba

Descendants

  • South Slavic:
    • Slovene: hibati
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: chybati
    • Polish: chybać (obsolet, dialectal)
    • Slovak: chýbať

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*xybati”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 207: “v. ‘sway’”
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