Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/sъxnǫti

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 zero grade of the root of *sȗxъ (“dry”) + *-nǫti, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂sews- (also reconstructed as *sh₂ews-). Cognate with Lithuanian saũsinti (“to dry (transitive)”), saũsti (“to wither”), sùsti (“to scab over”) (1sg. susù), saũsas (“dry”), Latvian sust (“to dry (intransitive)”) (1sg. susu), susêt (“to wither”) (1sg. susu, susẽju), sàuss (“dry”), Old Prussian sausā (“dry”, fem. acc. sg.), Sanskrit शोषयति (śoṣáyati, “to let dry”), शुष्क (śúṣka, “dry, barren”), Avestan 𐬵𐬎𐬱𐬐𐬀 (huška, “dry”), Homeric Ancient Greek αὖος (aûos, “dry”), Old English sēar (“dry”), English sere, sear.

Verb

*sъxnǫti impf

1. (intransitive) to dry, to wither

Inflection

Conjugation of *sъxnǫti, *sъše, *sъxnetь (impf., -C/n-, _/ox-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*sъšenьje	*sъxnǫti	*sъxnǫtъ	*sъxlъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*sъšenъ	*sъxnomъ
Active	*sъxъ	*sъxny

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*sъx(ox)ъ	*sъše	*sъše	*sъxnǫ	*sъxneši	*sъxnetь
Dual	*sъx(ox)ově	*sъx(e/os)ta	*sъx(e/os)te	*sъxnevě	*sъxneta	*sъxnete
Plural	*sъx(ox)omъ	*sъx(e/os)te	*sъxǫ, *sъxošę	*sъxnemъ	*sъxnete	*sъxnǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*sъxněaxъ	*sъxněaše	*sъxněaše	—	*sъxni	*sъxni
Dual	*sъxněaxově	*sъxněašeta	*sъxněašete	*sъxněvě	*sъxněta	—
Plural	*sъxněaxomъ	*sъxněašete	*sъxněaxǫ	*sъxněmъ	*sъxněte	—

Notes:
• Aorist *sъxeste ⇒ *sъšeste, ...

Related terms

• *sȗxъ (“dry”)
• *sušìti (“to dry (transitive)”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: съхнꙋти (sŭxnuti)
    • Belarusian: со́хнуць (sóxnucʹ)
    • Russian: со́хнуть (sóxnutʹ, “to dry, to wither”)
    • Ukrainian: со́хнути (sóxnuty)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Cyrillic: 3sg. impf. съхнѣаше (sŭxněaše, “(it) dried”)

    Glagolitic: [Term?]

  • Bulgarian: съ́хна (sǎ́hna, “to dry, to wither”)
  • Macedonian: суши (suši), се суши (se suši)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: са̀хнути (“to dry”), 1sg. са̏хне̄м

    Latin: sàhnuti (“to dry”), 1sg. sȁxnēm

  • Slovene: səhníti (“to wither”) (tonal orthography), 1sg. sáhnem (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: schnúti
    • Czech: schnout
  • Polish: schnąć
  • Slovak: schnúť
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: schnyć, sknyć
    • Lower Sorbian: schnuś

References

• Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “со́хнуть”, 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 191
• Derksen, Rick (2008) “*sъxnǫti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 479
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “со́хнуть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress