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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/dyšati

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 1

From an earlier *dyxěti, formed as *dyxъ (“whiff”) +‎ *-ěti. Cognate with Lithuanian dūsė́ti (“to gasp”) and akin to Lithuanian dusė́ti (“to cough”), Latvian dusêt (“to gasp, to breathe”).

Verb

*dyšàti impf[1][2]

  1. to breathe
Inflection
Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Russian: дыша́ть (dyšátʹ)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

Etymology 2

Secondary iterative form of the intensive *dyxati +‎ *-jati. Akin to Lithuanian dūsúoti (“to breathe heavily”).

Verb

*dyšati impf

  1. to breathe
Inflection
Descendants

Further reading

References

  1. Olander, Thomas (2001), “dyšati: dyšjǫ dyšitь”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c ånde (PR 139)”
  2. Snoj, Marko (2016), “dišáti”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar3 (in Slovene), https://fran.si: “*dyša̋ti”
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