Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/gъbnǫti

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 Proto-Balto-Slavic *gúbtei +‎ *-nǫti.

    Verb

    *gъbnǫ̀ti impf[1][2][3]

    1. (transitive) to bend, to fold, to dimple
    2. (reflexive) (+ *sę) to flex

    Conjugation

    Alternative forms

    Derived terms

    • *gъbežь (bend, joint)
    • *gъbьnъ (soft, liable)
    • *gъbъkъ, *gъbъkavъ (flexible)
    • *gъnъka (wrinkle, dimple)
    • *nagъbnǫti
    • *negъbľь (unsusceptible, not liable)
    • *ogъbnǫti
    • *orzgъbnǫti
    • *pergъbnǫti
    • *sъgъbnǫti
    • *guba (bending, dimpling)
    • *gubìti (to destroy)
    • *gybati (to perish? to bend? to break?)
    • *gybъ
    • *gỳbnǫti (to perish)
    • *sǫgubъ (double)

    Descendants

    • East Slavic:
      • Old East Slavic: гъбнѫти (gŭbnǫti), гънѫти (gŭnǫti)
    • South Slavic:
      • Old Church Slavonic: *гънѫти (*gŭnǫti)
        • Old Church Slavonic: съгънѫти (sŭgŭnǫti, to fold)
        • Old Church Slavonic: разгънѫти (razgŭnǫti, to unfold)
      • Bulgarian: гъ́на (gǎ́na)
      • Serbo-Croatian:
        Cyrillic script: га̀нути
        Latin script: gànuti
      • Slovene: ganīti (tonal orthography)
    • West Slavic:

    Further reading

    • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “гнуть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
    • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1980), “*gъbnǫti”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 7 (*golvačь – *gyžati), Moscow: Nauka, page 188
    • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “гъ̀на¹”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 302

    References

    1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008), “*gъnǫti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 197:v. ‘bend’
    2. ^ Olander, Thomas (2001), “gъbnǫti (gъnoti): gъbnǫ gъbnetь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:b bøje (SA 211; PR 137)
    3. ^ Snoj, Marko (2016), “ganīti”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si:*gъ(b)nǫ̋ti