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

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