Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/smokъtati

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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

Onomatopoeic. By surface analysis, *smok- (smack, slurp?) +‎ *-tati.

Verb

*smokъtati

  1. to suck

Inflection

Descendants

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “смокта́ть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress