Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/svistati

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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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Possibly, from Proto-Indo-European *sweysd- (to hiss),[1] of imitative origin.

Verb[edit]

*svistati

  1. to whistle, to swish

Inflection[edit]

Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*swizd-o-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 365

Further reading[edit]

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