Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/jьskriti

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.

• *jiskriti

From *jьskra (“spark”) +‎ *-iti. Most likely Slovak jastriť (from Proto-Slavic *ěskriti ~ *ěstriti) is from the same root, but with a different root-grade.

*jьskrìti impf

1. to spark
2. (reflexive) to glister, to sparkle

• *ěskriti, *ěstriti, *jastriti

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: іскры́ць (iskrýcʹ)
  • Russian: искри́ть (iskrítʹ), и́скриться (ískritʹsja)
  • Ukrainian: искри́ти (yskrýty)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: искря́ (iskrjá), и́скря се (ískrja se)
  • Macedonian: искри (iskri)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: и̏скрити

    Latin script: ȉskriti

  • Slovene: iskríti se
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: jiskřit
  • Polish: iskrzyć, skrzyć
  • Slovak: iskriť, jastriť
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: škriś se

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “искрить”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1981), “*jьskriti (sę)”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков (in Russian), numbers 8 (*xa – *jьvьlga), Moscow: Nauka, page 240
• Snoj, Marko (2016) “iskriti se”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si