Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bujь

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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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From *bujati +‎ *-jь, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewH-.

Adjective[edit]

*bujь

  1. overexcited, volatile
    (by extension)quick-tempered, foolish

Declension[edit]

Related terms[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: бꙋи (bui)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic script: боуи (bui)
      Glagolitic script: [Term?]
    • Serbo-Croatian: (archaic)
      Cyrillic script: буј
      Latin script: buj
  • West Slavic:

Further reading[edit]

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1976), “*bujь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 3 (*bratrьcь – *cьrky), Moscow: Nauka, page 84
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “буй”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress