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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pustъ

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-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 *peh₂s-, but Derksen challenges this on accentual grounds.

Adjective

*pȗstъ[1]

  1. empty, desolate, void

Inflection

Accent paradigm c.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: пустъ (pustŭ), пустꙑи (pustyj)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
  • Latvian: põsts

Further reading

References

  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’”
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