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 *sjauttei, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂sewt-e-ti, from *h₂sewt- (“to move about, roil, seethe”). Probably akin to Latvian šaũlis (“fool”).

Noun

*šutъ m

(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

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