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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/gǫstěti

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 *gǫstъ (dense, thick) + *-ěti.

Verb

*gǫstěti impf

  1. to thicken, to become thick/dense
  2. (reflexive) (+ *) to be dense, compact

Inflection

  • *gǫstiti (to condense)

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Belarusian: гусце́ць (huscjécʹ)
    • Russian: густе́ть (gustétʹ)
    • Ukrainian: густі́ти (hustíty)
  • South Slavic:
    • Bulgarian: гъсте́я се (gǎstéja se)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: гу́стети
      Latin script: gústjeti
    • Slovene: gostẹ́ti (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: hustěti
    • Polish: gęścieć
    • Sorbian:
      • Upper Sorbian: husćeć

Further reading

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1980), “*gǫstěti”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 7 (*golvačь – *gyžati), Moscow: Nauka, page 85
  • Snoj, Marko (2016) “gostẹti”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si
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