Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/žužati

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 edit

Etymology edit

Onomatopoeic.

Verb edit

*žužati[1][2]

  1. to hum, to buzz, to drone (of insects)

Inflection edit

Descendants edit

References edit

  1. ^ Anikin, A. E. (2023) “жужжа́ть”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), numbers 17 (жихарь I – засьюндывать), Moscow: Russian Language Institute, →ISBN, page 75
  2. ^ Martynaŭ, V. U., Tsykhun, G. A., editors (1978–2017), “жужэ́ць”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka