Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/blęsti

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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 Fraenkel, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *blenstei, typically derived from Proto-Indo-European *bʰlendʰ- (to blend, to stir). Baltic cognates include Lithuanian blę̃sti (to add ingredients and stir; to babble nonsense), possibly Latvian bliêzt (to struggle to perceive).

Alternative hypotheses suggest expressive or onomatopoeic origin:

Verb[edit]

*blęstì[1][2][3]

  1. (perhaps originally) to blend words → to confuse, to perplex
  2. to talk nonsense
  3. to err, to deceive (with words)

Conjugation[edit]

Related terms[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: блѧсти (blęsti)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:

Further reading[edit]

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*blęsti, *blędǫ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), issue 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 115
  • Anikin, A. E. (2009), “блѧсти, блѧдꙋ”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), issue 3 (бе – болдыхать), Moscow: Manuscript Monuments Ancient Rus, →ISBN, page 279
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “бледословен, бледословя”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 55
  • blęsti”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012
  • blodėti”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012

References[edit]

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008), “*blęsti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 44: “v. ‘talk nonsense, err’”
  2. ^ Olander, Thomas (2001), “blędǫ blęsti(?)”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c tage fejl (PR 139)”
  3. ^ Snoj, Marko (2016), “blesti”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “Pslovan. *blęsti̋, sed. *blę̑dǫ”
  4. ^ Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (1994), “блѧсти”, in Словник української мови XVI – 1-ї пол. XVII ст. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language of 16ᵗʰ – 1ˢᵗ half of 17ᵗʰ c.] (in Ukrainian), issue 2 (б – богуславецъ), Lviv: KIUS, →ISBN, page 130