Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/šutъ

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

Derivative with the suffix +‎ *-ъ from the verb *šusti, from earlier *sjaustī, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *sjaustei, from earlier *sjautstei, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂sewt-e-ti, from *h₂sewt- (“to move about, roil, seethe”). Probably akin to Latvian šaũlis (“fool”).

Noun

*šutъ m

1. (probably) clumsy, ungainly, unhandy creature or person

Declension

Declension of *šutъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*šutъ	*šuta	*šuti
genitive	*šuta	*šutu	*šutъ
dative	*šutu	*šutoma	*šutomъ
accusative	*šutъ	*šuta	*šuty
instrumental	*šutъmь, *šutomь*	*šutoma	*šuty
locative	*šutě	*šutu	*šutěxъ
vocative	*šute	*šuta	*šuti

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Derived terms

nouns

• *šutъka f (“joke”)

 

verbs

• *šutiti impf (“to joke, to jest”)

 

adverbs

• (possibly) *ašutь

 

adjectives

• (possibly) *ašutьnъ

 

Related terms

adjectives

• *šustrъ (“quick, agile”)

 

verbs

• (possibly) *šustati pf
• (possibly) *šustnǫti impf

 

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: шутъ (šutŭ) (c. 1076); ? шютъ (šjutŭ)
    • Old Ruthenian: шутъ (šut) (c. 1627)
      • ⇒ Old Ruthenian: шутство́ (šutstvó)
      • Belarusian: шут (šut) (dialectal)
      • Ukrainian: шут (šut) (dialectal)
    • Russian: шут (šut)
• South Slavic:
  • Church Slavonic: шоутъ (šutŭ) (Russian recension)
  • Bulgarian: шут (šut)
  • Macedonian: шут (šut)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: шу̏т

    Latin script: šȕt

  • ⇒ Slovene: šȗtəc (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Polish: szut
    • Middle Polish: szut (17ᵗʰ c.)
  • ⇒ Slovak: šútast

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “шут”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Tsyhanenko, H. P. (1989) “шут”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Kyiv: Radjanska shkola, →ISBN, page 495
• “siausti”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012