Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/zvizdati

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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

Derived from Proto-Indo-European *sweysd- (“to hiss”). Compare Latin sibilus (“hissing, whistling”), Hindi सीटी (sīṭī, “whistle”), Ancient Greek σίζω (sízō, “to hiss”).

Verb

*zvizdati impf (perfective *zviznǫti)[1][2]

  1. to whistle

Conjugation

Conjugation of *zvizdati, *zvizda, *zvizdajetь (impf., intr., -a-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)
Verbal noun Infinitive Supine L-participle
*zvizdanьje *zvizdati *zvizdatъ *zvizdalъ
Participles
Tense Past Present
Passive — —
Active *zvizdavъ *zvizdaję
Aorist Present
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Singular *zvizdaxъ *zvizda *zvizda *zvizdajǫ *zvizdaješi *zvizdajetь
Dual *zvizdaxově *zvizdasta *zvizdaste *zvizdajevě *zvizdajeta *zvizdajete
Plural *zvizdaxomъ *zvizdaste *zvizdašę *zvizdajemъ *zvizdajete *zvizdajǫtь
Imperfect Imperative
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Singular *zvizdaaxъ *zvizdaaše *zvizdaaše — *zvizdaji *zvizdaji
Dual *zvizdaaxově *zvizdaašeta *zvizdaašete *zvizdajivě *zvizdajita —
Plural *zvizdaaxomъ *zvizdaašete *zvizdaaxǫ *zvizdajimъ *zvizdajite —

Derived terms

nouns

Descendants

From dialectal variant *zvizg-ěti > *zvižďžati:

References

  1. ^ Sławski, Franciszek, editor (2001), “gvizdati”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volumes 8 (goda – gyža), Wrocław: Ossolineum, →ISBN, page 315
  2. ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “žvížgati”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “Pslovan. *zvizdě̋ti, [...] *zvizda̋ti”

Further reading

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1980), “*gvizdati”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 7 (*golvačь – *gyžati), Moscow: Nauka, page 183
  • Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “gwizdać”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN, page 190
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “звиздя”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 622
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