Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/slyšati

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 earlier *slyxěti, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱléwseti ((originally) to want to hear; to stay listening, be going to hear), from the root *ḱlew- (to hear).[1]

    Verb

    *slyšati impf

    1. to hear

    Conjugation

    Descendants

    • East Slavic:
      • Old Ruthenian: слышати (slyšati), слышѣти (slyšěti), слыхати (slyxati)
        • Belarusian: слыха́ць (slyxácʹ)
        • Ukrainian: слиша́ти (slyšáty), слиха́ти (slyxáty)
      • Russian: слы́шать (slýšatʹ), слыха́ть (slyxátʹ)
    • South Slavic:
    • West Slavic:

    References

    1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008), “*slỳšati”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 455