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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/dyšati

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 1

From an earlier *dyxěti, formed as *dyxъ (“whiff”) +‎ *-ěti. Cognate with Lithuanian dūsė́ti (“to gasp”) and akin to Lithuanian dusė́ti (“to cough”), Latvian dusêt (“to gasp, to breathe”).

Verb

*dyšàti impf[1][2]

  1. to breathe
Inflection
Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Russian: дыша́ть (dyšátʹ)
  • South Slavic:
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Latin script: dȉšati, dȉšiti
    • Slovene: dišáti (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “дышать”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1978), “*dyšati”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 5 (*dělo – *dьržьlь), Moscow: Nauka, page 205

Etymology 2

Secondary iterative form of the intensive *dyxati +‎ *-jati. Akin to Lithuanian dūsúoti (“to breathe heavily”).

Verb

*dyšati impf

  1. to breathe
Inflection
Descendants

Further reading

  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “дишам”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 398

References

  1. Olander, Thomas (2001) “dyšati: dyšjǫ dyšitь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c ånde (PR 139)”
  2. Snoj, Marko (2016) “dišáti”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “*dyša̋ti”
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