Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/puxъ
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Proto-Slavic[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *pausas, from Proto-Indo-European *powsos, from *pews- (“to swell, to blow”) or from an onomatopoeic origin.
Noun[edit]
*puxъ m
Inflection[edit]
Declension of *puxъ (hard o-stem)
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
- Old Polish: puch (“exhalation, fume, vapor”)
References[edit]
- Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (2002), “пух²”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 6 (пỳскам – словàр²), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 13
Etymology 2[edit]
From Proto-Indo-European *pewḱs- (“fluff, tail”). Cognate with Proto-Germanic *fuhsaz (“fox”), Proto-Indo-Iranian *púsćas (“tail”).
Noun[edit]
*puxъ m
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- → Lithuanian: рūkаs (“fluff, furr”)
References[edit]
- 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), volume 6 (пỳскам – словàр²), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 13