Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/skolbiti

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

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Distantly cognate with Old Norse skelpa (grimace, literally crack).

Verb

*skolbiti (sę)

  1. (reflexive) to smile, to grin

Inflection

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: осколобление (oskoloblenije, smile)
      • Ukrainian: сколо́бити (skolóbyty, to torture)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic script: склабити (sklabiti)
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: šklebit, ošklíbat
    • Middle Polish: skłobiony
    • Slovak: skľabiť

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