Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/žuti

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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

Earlier root-stem form of Proto-Slavic *žьvati (to chew), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵyewh₁-. Akin to Proto-Germanic *kewwaną (to chew), Tocharian B śuwaṃ (to eat).

Verb

*žuti pf or impf[1]

  1. to chew, to gnaw, to masticate

Inflection

Within some daughter languages (partially blended with *žьvati):

Derived terms

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old Ukrainian: жути (žuti)
  • South Slavic:
    • Bulgarian: жва pf (žva), жву́я impf (žvúja) (obsolescent, dialectal)
    • Macedonian: жве (žve) (obsolete)
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

References

  1. ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “žuti: ? / ”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:c (SA 204, 207, 238; PR 139)
  2. ^ František Št. Kott (1887) “žuti”, in Česko-německý slovník zvláště grammaticko-fraseologický (in Czech), Prague: František Šimáček, page 879
  3. ^ František Št. Kott (1887) “2. žíti”, in Česko-německý slovník zvláště grammaticko-fraseologický (in Czech), Prague: František Šimáček, page 838
  4. ^ Muka, Arnošt (1928) “žuś”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), volume 2, Prague: ČAVU, page 1162; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008