Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/zębnǫti

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 1

From *zęb- +‎ *-nǫti.

Verb

*zębnǫti

  1. to suffer from cold
Inflection
Derived terms
  • *nazębnǫti, *nazęti
  • *ozębnǫti, *ozęti
  • *otъzębnǫti, *otъzęti, *otъzębati
Descendants
  • East Slavic:
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:

References

  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1999) “зя́бнуть”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 332
  • Derksen, Rick (2008) “*zęti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 543
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “зя́бнуть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

Etymology 2

Cognate with Lithuanian žémbėti (to germinate, to sprout). Per Derksen, also cognate with Latin gemma (bud, gem) (whence English gem), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *ǵemb-; however, Derksen notes that this root structure is impossible for a Proto-Indo-European root.

Verb

*zębnǫti

  1. to germinate
Inflection
Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: зꙗбнꙋти (zjabnuti)
      • Russian: прозя́бнуть (prozjábnutʹ)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic: —

References

  • Derksen, Rick (2008) “*zębnǫti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 543