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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pustъ

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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 *paustas, further etymology is unknown. Cognate with Old Prussian pausto (wild). May be connected to Ancient Greek παῦσις (paûsis, end, rest, pause) (whence English pause), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂w-, but Derksen challenges this on accentual grounds.

Adjective

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*pȗstъ[1]

  1. empty, desolate, void

Inflection

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Accent paradigm c.

Derived terms

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Descendants

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Further reading

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  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “пустой”, 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) “*pȗstъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 424:adj. o (c) ‘empty, desolate’