Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/prъskati

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 Proto-Indo-European *prus-sk-. Cognate with Lithuanian praũsti (“to wash”), Sanskrit प्रुष्णोति (pruṣṇóti, “sprinkle”).

Verb

*prъskati

1. to splutter, splash

Inflection

Conjugation of *prъskati, *prъska, *prъskajetь (?, -a-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*prъskanьje	*prъskati	*prъskatъ	*prъskalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*prъskanъ	*prъskajemъ
Active	*prъskavъ	*prъskaję

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*prъskaxъ	*prъska	*prъska	*prъskajǫ	*prъskaješi	*prъskajetь
Dual	*prъskaxově	*prъskasta	*prъskaste	*prъskajevě	*prъskajeta	*prъskajete
Plural	*prъskaxomъ	*prъskaste	*prъskašę	*prъskajemъ	*prъskajete	*prъskajǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*prъskaaxъ	*prъskaaše	*prъskaaše	—	*prъskaji	*prъskaji
Dual	*prъskaaxově	*prъskaašeta	*prъskaašete	*prъskajivě	*prъskajita	—
Plural	*prъskaaxomъ	*prъskaašete	*prъskaaxǫ	*prъskajimъ	*prъskajite	—

Related terms

• *pryskati
• *prysnǫti

Descendants

• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: пръ́ска (prǎ́ska)
  • Macedonian: пр́ска (pŕska)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: пр́скати

    Latin script: pŕskati

  • Slovene: prskati
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: prskat
  • Slovak: prskať

References

• Derksen, Rick (2008) “*prъskati”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 423