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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/tušiti

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

Derived from Proto-Indo-European *tews- (to be still). Akin to Sanskrit तुष्यति (tuṣyati) and तूष्णीम् (tūṣṇī́m), Proto-Germanic *þusiþaz (silent), Old Prussian tusnan (still).

Verb

*tušiti

  1. (transitive) to extinguish, to put out, to quench
    Synonym: *gasìti

Inflection

verb

Descendants

  • East Slavic
    • Belarusian: тушы́ць (tušýcʹ)
    • Russian: туши́ть (tušítʹ)
    • Ukrainian: туши́ти (tušýty)
  • South Slavic
    • Bulgarian: потуша́ (potušá)
    • Slovene: potúšiti (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic

Further reading

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