Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/smьjati

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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

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *smīˀ-, *smai-, from Proto-Indo-European *smey-. Cognate with Latvian smiêt (to mock), 1sg. smeju, smiêtiês (to laugh), smaĩdît (to mock) (also Eastern dialect smaîdinât), smîdînât (to make someone laugh) (also Western dialect smĩdînât), smĩnêt (to smile). Also cognate with Sanskrit स्मयते (smáyate, to smile, to laugh), Ancient Greek μειδάω (meidáō), μειδιάω (meidiáō, to smile), φιλο-μμειδής (philo-mmeidḗs, smiling gladly) (Homeric), Tocharian A smimāṃ (smiling), English smile, Latin mīrus (wonderful). Per Derksen, the Balto-Slavic acute is an innovation.

Verb

*smьjàti impf

  1. (reflexive with *sę) to laugh

Inflection

Descendants

References

  • Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 456
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “смею́сь”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “смея́ться”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 179