Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/xlestati

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

  • *xlěstati
  • *xlostati

Etymology

Per ESSJa, onomatopoeic.

Verb

*xlestati[1]

  1. to lash?, to whip?

Inflection

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Belarusian: хляста́ць (xljastácʹ) (dialectal)
    • Russian: хлеста́ть (xlestátʹ)
  • West Slavic
    • Czech: chlostat, chléstat (dialectal)
    • Polish: chłostać
    • Slovak: chľastať, chlostať (dialectal)
    • Sorbian:
      • Lower Sorbian: chłostaś
      • Upper Sorbian: chłostać

Further reading

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

References

  1. ^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1981), “*xlestati”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 8 (*xa – *jьvьlga), Moscow: Nauka, page 26