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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pľьvati

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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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From Proto-Balto-Slavic *(s)pjāˀu-, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ptyēw- (to spit, vomit) (often reconstructed as *(s)pyēw-). Cognate with Lithuanian spiáuti (to spit), Latvian spļaũt (to split), Proto-Germanic *spīwaną, Latin spuō (spit, verb), Ancient Greek πτύω (ptúō, spit, vomit), Old Armenian թուք (tʻukʻ), Sanskrit ष्ठीवति (ṣthī́vati).

Verb

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*pľьvàti[1]

  1. to spit

Conjugation

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Descendants

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Further reading

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  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “плева́ть”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 39
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “плюю́”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

References

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  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*pjьvàti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 402