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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/puxъ

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 1

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *pausas, from Proto-Indo-European *powsos, from *pews- (“to swell, to blow”) or from an onomatopoeic origin.

Noun

*puxъ m

  1. breath, pong
  2. blister
Inflection
Declension of *puxъ (hard o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *puxъ *puxa *puśi
genitive *puxa *puxu *puxъ
dative *puxu *puxoma *puxomъ
accusative *puxъ *puxa *puxy
instrumental *puxъmь, *puxomь* *puxoma *puxy
locative *puśě *puxu *puśěxъ
vocative *puše *puxa *puśi
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Descendants
  • South Slavic:
    • Bulgarian: пух (puh), пуф (puf) (dialectal)
    • Macedonian: пуф (puf)
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Polish: puch (“exhalation, fume, vapor”)

References
  • Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (2002), “пух²”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 6 (пỳскам – словàр²), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 13

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-European *pewḱs- (“fluff, tail”). Cognate with Proto-Germanic *fuhsaz (“fox”), Proto-Indo-Iranian *púsćas (“tail”).

Noun

*puxъ m

  1. fluff, fur (of mammals)
  2. down (of birds)
Derived terms
  • *puxestъ (“fluffy”)
  • *puxъkъ (“made of fluff”)
    • *puхъkavъ (“fluffy”)
Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: пухъ (puxŭ)
    • Belarusian: пух (pux)
    • Russian: пух (pux)
    • Ukrainian: пух (pux)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
  • → Lithuanian: рūkаs (“fluff, furr”)

References
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “пух”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (2002), “пух¹”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 6 (пỳскам – словàр²), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 13
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