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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kuditi

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-Indo-European *kowdéyeti, causative/iterative from the root *kewd-, or derived from *kudъ, *kudь, *kudo (sorcery? evil spirit?), from the same root. Cognate with Ancient Greek κυδάζω (kudázō, to jeer at), Old Norse hóta (to threaten), English hoot, Old High German hosc (scorn, mockery), Middle High German hiuzen (to become impudent), Sanskrit कुत्सयति (kutsáyati, to scold).

Verb

*kùditi impf[1]

  1. to prosecute
    Synonym: *goniti
  2. to accuse, to reproach, to slander
    Synonyms: *xuliti, *koriti

Conjugation

Intensive stem: *kuďati

Derived terms

  • *jьzkuditi
  • *nakuditi
  • *prokuditi, *perkuditi
  • *kuditeľь (accuser, persecutor)
  • *kudьba (blasphemy)
  • *čudo (miracle)
    • *čuditi (to marvel, to be surprised)
  • *kudo (sorcery? evil spirit?)
  • *kudъ, *kudь (sorcery? evil spirit?)

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: кꙋдити (kuditi)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
    • Polish: przekudzić (dialectal)
    • Slovak: kudiť (Jungmann's and Kott's dictionaries; archaic or dialectal)

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*kùditi”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 255: “v. (a)”

Further reading

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