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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/soti

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

Probably reflects an archaic perfect of otherwise disputed root:

Verb

*so(p)ti impf (perfective *sopnǫti)[1]

  1. to wheeze, to whistle
    Synonym: *xripati

Alternative forms

  • *sopěti (more frequently attested)

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • *sopati (to snap at) (factitive)
    • South Slavic:
      • Bulgarian: со́пам се pf (sópam se), со́пвам се impf (sópvam se)
  • *sopъtiti (to snot)
  • *sopotъ (place with echo, resound)
  • *sopľь, *sopělь (pipe, flute)
  • *sopьcь (flute player)
  • *sopějь, *sopuxъ (fuzz, blur, sooth)
  • *sopъlь, *sopolъ, *sopъľa (snot)
  • *sapъ (groan)
    • *sapati, *sapiti (to whine, to groan)

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Belarusian: сапці́ (sapcí)
    • Ukrainian: сопти́ (soptý) (dialectal, obsolete)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic: соти (soti), сопсти (sopsti, to play a flute)
      Glagolitic: ⱄⱁⱅⰺ (soti), ⱄⱁⱂⱄⱅⰺ (sopsti)
    • Slovene: sópsti (tonal orthography)

References

  1. Snoj, Marko (2016), sopsti”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar3 (in Slovene), https://fran.si: “Pslovan. *so(p)ti̋, sed. *sȍpǫ”

Further reading

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