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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/(s)mǫditi

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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

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Etymology

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Snoj presumes contamination of Proto-Slavic *vǫditi (to dwindle) (perhaps akin with Proto-Germanic *swindaną (to dwindle)) and *smola (resin).

Verb

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*(s)mǫdìti impf[1]

  1. (intransitive) to dwindle, to smolder

Inflection

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See also

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Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “smodīti”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si:Izhodiščno *smǫdi̋ti

Further reading

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  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1994), “*mǫditi”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 20 (*morzatъjь – *mъrsknǫti), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 123