Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/xvastati

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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

Per ESSJa, related to *xvostati. Vasmer opines it is onomatopoeic.

Verb

*xvastati (sę)[1]

  1. (reflexive) to boast, to brag

Inflection

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1981), “*xvastati (sę)”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 8 (*xa – *jьvьlga), Moscow: Nauka, page 121

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