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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/duxati

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

Factitive-iterative verb from *duxъ (“breath, sprite”) +‎ *-ati, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰews- (“to breathe”). Related via schwebeablaut to *dvoxati (“to breathe heavily”).

Verb

*duxàti impf (perfective *duxnǫti)[1]

  1. to blow, to puff
    Synonyms: *dьmuxati, *puxati, *lъxati

Inflection

Derived terms

  • *produxati (“to blow away”)
  • *jьzduxati (“to blow off”)
  • *poduxati (“to blow up, to puff”)
  • *zaduxati (“to blow intensively”)
  • *orzduxati (“to blow out”)
  • *duxačь (“blower (agent)”)
  • *duxadlo (“blower (tool)”)
  • *duxatъ (“witty”)
  • *duxa (“life, motion (of gases)”)
  • *duša (“soul”)

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: духати (duxati)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: douchati
    • Polish: duchać
    • Slovak: dúchat'

Further reading

References

  1. Snoj, Marko (2016), “dȗh”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar3 (in Slovene), https://fran.si: “sekundarno *duxa̋ti”
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