Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/gňiti

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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

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *gʰneyH- (given as *ǵʰn(e)iH- in Derksen, but the palatal *ǵ is likely a typo). Indo-European cognates include Ancient Greek χνίει (khníei, (it) drizzles, (it) crumbles) (Hesychius), Proto-Germanic *gnīdaną.

Verb

*gňìti impf[1][2][3]

  1. to rot

Inflection

Alternative forms

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: гнити (gniti) (11th century)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “гнить”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 195
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1979), “*gniti”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 6 (*e – *golva), Moscow: Nauka, page 176
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “гнить”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

References

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*gņìti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 169:v. (a) ‘rot’
  2. ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “gniti: gnijǫ gnijetь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:c rådne (SA 204, 234; PR 139)
  3. ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “gníti”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si:*gni̋ti, sed. *gnȋjǫ in *gnь̏jǫ