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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/topnǫti

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 the root of *topiti (to plunge) + *-nǫti

Verb

*topnǫti

  1. to plunge, to dunk
    1. → to sink, to submerge (in liquid)
    2. → to drown

Inflection

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: тонути (tonuti)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: tonout
    • Kashubian: tonąc
    • Old Polish: tonąć
      • Polish: tonąć
      • Silesian: tōnōńć, tynōńć
    • Slovak: tоnúť
    • Sorbian:
      • Lower Sorbian: toniś

Further reading

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