Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pьzděti

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

Alternative forms

  • *bьzděti

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *p(e)sdḗˀtei, *b(e)sdḗˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *pesd-. Cognate with Latvian bzdêt, Lithuanian bezdė́ti, Ancient Greek βδέω (bdéō), Latin pēdō.

Verb

*pьzděti impf

  1. to fart

Conjugation

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: *бьздѣти (*bĭzděti)
      • Old Ruthenian: *бздѣ́ти (*bzdě́ti)
        • Belarusian: бздзець (bzdzjecʹ)
        • Carpathian Rusyn: бздї́ти (bzdjíty)
        • Ukrainian: бзді́ти (bzdíty); бизді́ти (byzdíty), пезді́ти (pezdíty) (dialectal)
      • Russian: бздеть (bzdetʹ)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: pzdieti, bzdieti
      • Early Modern Czech: bzdíti
    • Polish: bździeć, bździć
    • Silesian: bździeć
    • Pomeranian:
      • Kashubian: bzdzëc
      • Slovincian: bzdzêc
    • Slovak: bzdieť
    • Sorbian:
      • Lower Sorbian: bźeś
      • Upper Sorbian: bzdeć

References

  • Sławski, Franciszek, editor (1974), “bьzděti, pьzděti”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volume 1 (a – bьzděti), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 487
  • Derksen, Rick (2008) “*pьzděti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 431
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “бздеть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress