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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/zębnǫti

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 1

From *zęb- + *-nǫti.

Verb

*zębnǫti

  1. to suffer from cold
Inflection
Derived terms
  • *nazębnǫti, *nazęti
  • *ozębnǫti, *ozęti
  • *otъzębnǫti, *otъzęti, *otъzębati
Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: зꙗбнꙋти (zjabnuti)
      • Belarusian: зя́бнуць (zjábnucʹ)
      • Russian: зя́бнуть (zjábnutʹ), 1sg. зя́бну (zjábnu)
      • Ukrainian: зя́бнути (zjábnuty)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: zábnout
    • Polish: ziębnąć
    • Slovak: ziabnuť

References

Etymology 2

Cognate with Lithuanian žémbėti (to germinate, to sprout). Per Derksen, also cognate with Latin gemma (bud, gem) (whence English gem), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *ǵemb-; however, Derksen notes that this root structure is impossible for a Proto-Indo-European root.

Verb

*zębnǫti

  1. to germinate
Inflection
Descendants

References

  • Derksen, Rick (2008), “*zębnǫti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 543
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