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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bosti

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 *bestei, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰedʰh₂-é-ti. Cognate with Latvian best, Lithuanian bèsti, Old Prussian embaddusisi. Further related to Latin fodiō (to pierce, to dig), Hittite 𒁁𒁕𒀀𒄿 (to dig).

Verb

*bostì[1][2]

  1. to stab, sting

Conjugation

  • *boďati
  • *bodati (to stab, sting)
  • *badati (to prick)
  • *bodъ (puncture, stitch)
  • *bodьcь (pricker, poniard)
  • *bodьcati (to often lightly poke)
  • *bodьlivъ (pointy, prickly)
  • *bodъľь (needle)
  • *body (harpoon, trident)
    • *bodylъ (thorn, prickle)
  • *bodli

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Russian: бость (bostʹ) (Smolensk), бости́ (bostí) (Kaliningrad Oblast)
    • Ukrainian: бости́ (bostý)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: bósti
      • Czech: bůsti (poetic)
    • Polabian: büst
    • Polish: bóść
    • Sorbian:
      Upper Sorbian: bosć

Further reading

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*bostì”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 88: “v. (c) ‘stab, sting’”
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001), bosti: bodǫ bodetь”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:c støde (PR 139)”
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