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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/sujь

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

Usually compared with Latin cavus (“hollow”), Sanskrit शून्य (śūnya, “empty, baren”), Ancient Greek κοῖλος (koîlos, “hollow”), Old Armenian սոր (sor, “hole”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱewH- (“to get hollow”). May be further related to Proto-Slavic *sovati (“to shove”) (of undetermined origin).

Sometimes, also compared with Lithuanian sáuja (“handful”), Latvian saũja (“handful”).

Adjective

*sùjь[1]

  1. vain, futile

Inflection

Accent paradigm a.

Derived terms

  • *sujьma, *sujеmьje (“anxiety”)
  • *sujeta (“vanity”)

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: суи (sui)
      • ⇒ Russian: суе- (suje-), всу́е (vsúje) (adverb)
      • ⇒ Ukrainian: всує (vsuje) (adverb)
  • South Slavic:

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “суе”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Todorov, T. A., Racheva, M., editors (2010), “суета”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 7 (слòво – теря̀свам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 556
  • всує in Горох.ua (етимологія)

References

  1. Olander, Thomas (2001) “sujь suja suje”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a (SA 123; PR 133)”
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