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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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