Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/dъxъ

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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

Zero-grade counterpart of *duxъ (breath, spirit) and *dyxъ (whiff, sniff), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰews-.

Noun

*dъxъ m

  1. breath
  2. whiff

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Russian: вдох (vdox)
    • Ukrainian: дох (dox)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:

References

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1978), “*dъxъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 5 (*dělo – *dьržьlь), Moscow: Nauka, page 178
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “дъх”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 466