Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bosti

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 *bestei, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰedʰh₂-é-ti. Cognate with Latvian best, Lithuanian bèsti, Old Prussian embaddusisi. Further related to Latin fodiō (to pierce, to dig), Hittite 𒁁𒁕𒀀𒄿 (to dig).

Verb

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*bostì[1][2]

  1. to stab, sting

Conjugation

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Descendants

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Further reading

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  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “бода́ть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*bosti (sę)”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 222
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “бода, бодвам, бодна”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 61

References

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  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*bostì”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 88:v. (c) ‘stab, sting’
  2. ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “bosti: bodǫ bodetь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:c støde (PR 139)