Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pustiti

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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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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[edit]

*pustìti[1]

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

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References[edit]

  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