Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/paxnǫti

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

From the root of *paxati (“to sweep”) + *-nǫti. Probably onomatopoeic in origin.

Verb

*paxnǫti

1. to smell of

Inflection

• 1sg. *paxnǫ

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Related terms

• *paxati (“to sweep”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: па́хнуць (páxnucʹ)
  • Russian: пахну́ть (paxnútʹ, “to puff, to blow”), 1sg. пахну́ (paxnú), 3sg. пахнёт (paxnjót); па́хнуть (páxnutʹ, “to smell of”)
  • Ukrainian: па́хнути (páxnuty, “to smell good”)
• South Slavic:
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic: (запа̀хнути (“to begin to smell of”), 1sg. запа̀хне̄м)

    Latin: (zapàhnuti (“to begin to smell of”), 1sg. zapàhnēm)

• West Slavic:
  • Czech: páchnout (“to reek, to stink”)
  • Polish: pachnąć (“to smell of”)
  • Slovak: páchnuť (“to smell of”)
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: pachnyć (“to emit smoke, to smoke”)

References

• Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “па́хнуть”, 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 14
• Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “пахну́ть”, 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 15
• Derksen, Rick (2008) “*paxnǫti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 389
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “па́хнуть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “паха́ть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress