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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/sęknǫti

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 *sek-, *senk-, from Proto-Indo-European *sek-. Cognate with Lithuanian sèkti (to subside (of water), to diminish (of strength)) (1sg. senkù), Latvian sîkt (to dry out) (1sg. sîku), Sanskrit सश्चसि (saścasi, dry out, 2sg. imper. act.), असक्र (ásakra, unquenchable), Homeric Ancient Greek ἔσκετο φωνή (ésketo phōnḗ, his voice broke down). Vasmer adds Old Irish sesc (dry, barren, not giving milk), Welsh hysb (dry), Old English sīhte (squishy).

Verb

*sęknǫti

  1. to dry out

Inflection

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: исикнꙋти (isiknuti, to dry out) (literary)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Cyrillic: исѧкнѫти (isęknǫti, to dry out), 1sg. исѧкнѫ (isęknǫ)
      Glagolitic: [Term?]
    • Bulgarian: се́кна (sékna, to stop, to fade away)
    • Macedonian: секне (sekne, to blow (one's nose))
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic: усе́кнути
      Latin: uséknuti
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: sáknout (to ooze, to trickle, to wet)
    • Polish: siąknąć, wsiąknąć, sięknąć (to dry out, to soak in, to blow (one's nose))
    • Slovak: siaknuť (to sniff, to blow (one's nose))
    • Sorbian:
      • Upper Sorbian: saknyć (to dry out, to dry up)

References

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