Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ňuxati
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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
Uncertain. Multiple etymologies have been proposed:
- from *sъ(n)- + *ǫxati (or *vъ(n)- + *ǫxati) by rebracketing, with secondary change n > ň
- related to Proto-Germanic *niuhsijaną
- related to Proto-Germanic *hneusaną and German Nüster (considered improbable by Vasmer)
Verb
*ňuxati
Related terms
Conjugation
Conjugation of *ňuxati, *ňuxa, *ňuxajetь (impf., -a-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)
| Verbal noun | Infinitive | Supine | L-participle |
|---|---|---|---|
| *ňuxanьje | *ňuxati | *ňuxatъ | *ňuxalъ |
| Participles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tense | Past | Present |
| Passive | *ňuxanъ | *ňuxajemъ |
| Active | *ňuxavъ | *ňuxaję |
| Aorist | Present | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *ňuxaxъ | *ňuxa | *ňuxa | *ňuxajǫ | *ňuxaješi | *ňuxajetь |
| Dual | *ňuxaxově | *ňuxasta | *ňuxaste | *ňuxajevě | *ňuxajeta | *ňuxajete |
| Plural | *ňuxaxomъ | *ňuxaste | *ňuxašę | *ňuxajemъ | *ňuxajete | *ňuxajǫtь |
| Imperfect | Imperative | |||||
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *ňuxaaxъ | *ňuxaaše | *ňuxaaše | — | *ňuxaji | *ňuxaji |
| Dual | *ňuxaaxově | *ňuxaašeta | *ňuxaašete | *ňuxajivě | *ňuxajita | — |
| Plural | *ňuxaaxomъ | *ňuxaašete | *ňuxaaxǫ | *ňuxajimъ | *ňuxajite | — |
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- Slovene: njȗhati (tonal orthography)
- West Slavic:
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “нюхать”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1999), “*n'uxati? *n'ǫxati?”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 25 (*neroditi – *novotьnъ(jь)), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 157