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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/paxati

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

Unclear. Per Vasmer, probably onomatopoeic. Alternatively, related to Old Norse fǫnn (“snowdrift”) (< *fazn-), Old High German fesa (“chaff”) and perhaps Tocharian B pīsäl (“chaff”) via a tentative Proto-Indo-European root *pes- (“~ to blow”).

Verb

*paxati

  1. to sweep
Inflection
Descendants
  • East Slavic:
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Cyrillic: пахати (paxati, “to wave, to agitate”)
      Glagolitic: [Term?]
    • Bulgarian: па́хам (páham, “to sweep, to clean”) (dialectal)
    • Macedonian: пае (pae, “to dry, to air”) (?)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: па̏хати (“to dust, to blow off”), 1sg. па̏ха̄м; па́хати (“to dust, to blow off; to stink”), 1sg. па̑ше̄м
      Latin: pȁxati (“to dust, to blow off”), 1sg. pȁxām; páxati (“to dust, to blow off; to stink”), 1sg. pȃšēm
    • Slovene: páhati (“to dust, to brush off”) (tonal orthography), 1sg. pȃham (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:
    • Sorbian:
      • Upper Sorbian: pachać (“to emit smoke, to smoke”)
      • Lower Sorbian: pachaś (“to brush away”)

References

  • Derksen, Rick (2008) “*paxati I”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 389
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “паха́ть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “pīsäl”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 417

Etymology 2

Unclear. Derksen suggests a vaguely possible relationship with *pasti (“to pasture”), but notes that the accentual properties of the root don't match. Chernykh suggests the same relationship. Vasmer conjectures a relationship with Latin pāla (“shovel, spade”), possibly < *pastlā, pastinum (“hoe for digging and loosening a vineyard”), and/or with Ossetian фадын (fadyn, “to split”), Old Armenian հատանեմ (hatanem, “to cut off, to cut into pieces”), հատու (hatu, “piercing, sharp”). Vasmer also notes that a relationship with *paxati (“to sweep”) is conceivable by taking into account the nature of the Russian plow, whose blade sweeps the soil aside.

Verb

*pāxàti

  1. to plow? to perform? to herd cattle? to dig?
Inflection
Descendants
  • East Slavic:
  • South Slavic:
    • Bulgarian: dialectal па́хам (páham, “to plow and sow”)
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: páchat (“to do, to make, (dialectal) to herd cattle”)
    • Old Polish: pachać (“to dig, to cause harm”)
    • Slovak: páchať (“to accomplish, to perform”)

References

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    Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “паха́ть”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN
  • Derksen, Rick (2008) “*pāxàti II”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 389
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “паха́ть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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