Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/blazniti

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.

Causative denominal verb from *blaznь (“bait”) +‎ *-iti, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleǵ- (“to strike”)

*blaznìti^[1][2]

1. to lure, to seduce

• *blaznь (“bait”)
  • *sъblaznь (“temptation”)
• *blaznъ (“seductive”)
• *blaznьnъ (“hesitating”)
• *blaznivъ (“flattering”)

• East Slavic:
  • Russian: блазни́ть (blaznítʹ)
  • Ukrainian: блазни́тися (blaznýtysja, “to make fun of”)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic: блазнити (blazniti)
  • Bulgarian: бла̀зня (blàznja)
  • Macedonian: блазни (blazni)
  • Serbo-Croatian: blazniti
  • Slovene: blaznẹ́ti (ě-stem)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: bláznit
  • Polish: błaźnić
  • Slovak: blázniť
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: błazniś
    • Upper Sorbian: błaznić

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “соблазн”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*blazněti”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 103
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “блазня”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 53