Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bujati

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

    Formed as *bujь +‎ *-ěti (or *-ati) from the eh₁-fientive *bʰowH-yeh₁-ti (or respectively the eh₂-causative *bʰowH-eh₂yé-ti), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewH- (to inflate, to grow). The secondary meaning related to rampaging and aggressiveness may have been partially influenced by the onomatopoeic *bew- (to howl, to blow).

    Verb

    *bujati impf (perfective *buniti)

    1. to grow rapidly, to thrive
    2. to rage

    Conjugation

    • *baviti (to delay)
    • *bujakъ (savage, enraged man)
    • *bujevati (to grow vividly)
    • *bujica (torrent, flood)
    • *bujiti (to go on a rampage)
    • *bujь (aggressive, excited)
    • *bujьnostь (aggressiveness)
    • *bujьnъ (furious, impetuous)
    • *bujьstvo (act of aggression)
    • *byti (to be)

    Descendants

    • East Slavic:
      • Belarusian: буя́ць (bujácʹ)
      • Russian: буя́ть (bujátʹ) (dialectic)
      • Ukrainian: буя́ти (bujáty)
    • South Slavic:
      • Old Church Slavonic: бꙋꙗти (bujati)
      • Bulgarian: буя́я (bujája) (dialectal)
      • Macedonian: буи (bui) (i-stem derivative)
      • Serbo-Croatian:
        Cyrillic script: бу̀јати
        Latin script: bùjati
      • Slovene:
    • West Slavic:
      • Old Czech: bujěti
      • Kashubian: bùjac
      • Old Polish: bujać
      • Slovak: bujať
      • Sorbian:
        • Upper Sorbian:
        • Lower Sorbian:

    Further reading

    • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1976), “*bujati”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 3 (*bratrьcь – *cьrky), Moscow: Nauka, page 83
    • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “буя, буяя”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 96
    • Snoj, Marko (2016), “bújen”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si:*bʰou̯(h₂)-i̯o-