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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/debnǫti

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms 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 *deběti (“to pray upon in stealth”) +‎ *-nǫti. Akin to dial. Serbo-Croatian дѐпсти (“to await for ambush”) and possibly dial. Russian дёб (djob, “edge, end”).

Probably from Proto-Indo-European *dʰebʰ- (“to deceive, to humble”), presumably cognate with Sanskrit दभ्नोति (dabhnoti, “to damage”).

Verb

*debnǫti impf

  1. to stalk, to await in stealth

Inflection

Derived terms

  • *jьzdebnǫti (“to prowl”)
  • *deběti (“to pray upon”)
  • *dъbati (“to look after, to account”) (possibly)

Descendants

  • South Slavic:
    • ⇒ Old Church Slavonic: *оудѣнѫти (*uděnǫti), оудѣбена (uděbena)[1][2]
    • Bulgarian: де́бна (débna)
    • Macedonian: демне (demne), dial. дебна (debna)

References

  1. Cejtlin, R.M.; Večerka, R.; Blagova, E., editors (1994), “оудѣбнѫти”, in Staroslavjanskij slovarʹ (po rukopisjam X—XI vekov) [Old Church Slavonic Dictionary (Based on 10–11th Century Manuscripts)], Moscow: Russkij jazyk, page 730
  2. Hauptova Z., editor (1958–1997), “оудѣбнѫти”, in Slovník jazyka staroslověnského (Lexicon linguae palaeoslovenicae), volume 4, Prague: Euroslavica, page 614

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