Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/směxъ

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 *smьjati +‎ *-xъ.

Noun

*směxъ m

1. laughter

Declension

Declension of *směxъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*směxъ	*směxa	*směśi
genitive	*směxa	*směxu	*směxъ
dative	*směxu	*směxoma	*směxomъ
accusative	*směxъ	*směxa	*směxy
instrumental	*směxъmь, *směxomь*	*směxoma	*směxy
locative	*směśě	*směxu	*směśěxъ
vocative	*směše	*směxa	*směśi

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Derived terms

• *směšьnъ
• *směšьkъ
• *směšiti

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: смѣхъ (směxŭ)
    • Belarusian: смех (smjex)
    • Russian: смех (smex)
    • Ukrainian: сміх (smix)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: смѣхъ (směxŭ)

    Glagolitic script: ⱄⰿⱑⱈⱏ (směxŭ)

  • Bulgarian: смях (smjah)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: сме̑х

    Latin script: smȇh

  • Slovene: smeh
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: smiech
    • Czech: smích
  • Polabian: smex
  • Old Polish: śmiech
    • Polish: śmiech
    • Silesian: śmiych
  • Slovak: smiech
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: směch
    • Upper Sorbian: směch

References

• Derksen, Rick (2008) “*směxъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 456
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “смех”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress