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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pustiti

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

Per Derksen, cognate with *pȗstъ (empty) and Old Prussian pausto (wild); further connections unknown. Pokorny suggests a connection with Ancient Greek παῦσις (paûsis, end, rest, pause) (whence English pause), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂s-, but Derksen challenges this on accentual grounds.

Verb

*pustìti[1]

  1. to let go
  2. to let
  3. to send

Inflection

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: пустити (pustiti)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: pustit
    • Polabian: paustĕt
    • Polish: puścić
    • Slovak: pustiť
    • Sorbian:
      • Upper Sorbian: pušćić, pušćeć
      • Lower Sorbian: pušćiś
  • Lithuanian: pũstyti

Further reading

  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993), пусти́ть”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), 3rd edition, Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 84
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), пусти́ть”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. & suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
  • Pokorny, Julius (1959), 790”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 790

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), *pustìti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 424
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