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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/paziti

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 *(s)poǵ-eye-ti, a glottalic variant of Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- (to spectate). Akin to Icelandic spekja (to calm), Old Norse spakr (wise, visionary).

Verb

*pàziti impf[1][2]

  1. to oversee, to look after
  2. to guard

Inflection

Derived terms

  • *pazačь (guard)
  • *paziteľь (guardian)

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Ukrainian: па́зити (pázyty)
  • South Slavic:

Further reading

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*paziti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 392
  2. Snoj, Marko (2016), paziti”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar3 (in Slovene), https://fran.si: “*pa̋ziti”
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