Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/smokъtati

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

Onomatopoeic. By surface analysis, *smok- (smack, slurp?) +‎ *-tati.

Verb

*smokъtati

  1. to suck

Inflection

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Belarusian: смакта́ць (smaktácʹ)
    • Russian: смокта́ть (smoktátʹ)
    • Ukrainian: смокта́ти (smoktáty)
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “смокта́ть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress