Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/tuskjas
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This Proto-Balto-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-Balto-Slavic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *tus-sḱ-yós (“empty”), from *tews- (“to be empty”). Cognate with Proto-Indo-Iranian *tušćyás (whence Vedic Sanskrit तुच्छ्य (tucchyá), Persian تهی (tohi)).
Adjective
Inflection
This adjective needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
- Latvian: tukšs
- Lithuanian: tùščias
- Proto-Slavic: *tъščь (see there for further descendants)
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References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*tъ̀ščь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 502: “*tusk(t)ios”
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “tuščias”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 475: “*tuṣktios”