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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/tuxnǫti

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

Related to *tušiti (“to extinguish”)

Verb

*tuxnǫti

  1. to go out, to die down, die out

Inflection

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Belarusian: ту́хнуць (túxnucʹ)
    • Russian: ту́хнуть (túxnutʹ)
    • Ukrainian: ту́хнути (túxnuty)
  • South Slavic:
    • ⇒ Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic script: потухнѫти (potuxnǫti)
    • ⇒ Slovene: potúhniti (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: tuchnout (“to fade”) (obsolete?)
      • ⇒ Czech: utuchnout
    • ⇒ Slovak: stuchnúť (“to fade”)

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ту́хнуть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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