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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pľьvati

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 Proto-Balto-Slavic *(s)pjāˀu-, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ptyēw- (“to spit, vomit”) (often reconstructed as *(s)pyēw-). Cognate with Lithuanian spiáuti (“to spit”), Latvian spļaũt (“to split”), Proto-Germanic *spīwaną, Latin spuō (“spit”, verb), Ancient Greek πτύω (ptúō, “spit, vomit”), Old Armenian թուք (tʿukʿ), Sanskrit ष्ठीवति (ṣthī́vati).

Verb

*pľьvàti[1]

  1. to spit

Conjugation

Descendants

Further reading

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*pjьvàti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 402
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