Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/zaduxъ

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

From *za- (“for”) +‎ *duxъ (“gasp”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰews-, an s-extension of *dʰewh₂- (“to smoke”).

Noun

*zaduxъ m

1. respiratory spasm, shortness of breath
2. stench, frowst, haze

Alternative forms

• *zaduxa f

Declension

Derived terms

• *zadušiti (“to suffocate”)
• *zadušьnъ, *zadušьlivъ (“muggy, suffocating”)

Related terms

• *dъxъ (“breath”)
• *duxъ (“whiff, sprite, spirit”)
  • *vъzduxъ (“deep gasp, air”)
• *dyxъ, *dyxanьje (“inhaling”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Ukrainian: задуха f (zaduxa)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic: задоухъ (zaduxŭ)
    • → Romanian: zăduf
  • Bulgarian: задух m (zaduh, “asthma”), задуха f (zaduha)
  • Macedonian: задув (zaduv)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: за̏духа f

    Latin script: zȁduha f

• West Slavic:
  • Polish: zaduch n, zaducha f

Further reading

• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “задух, задуха”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 587