Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/směxъ

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 *smьjati +‎ *-xъ.

Noun

*směxъ m

laughter

Declension

Declension of *směxъ (hard o-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*směxъ	*směxa	*směśi
Accusative	*směxъ	*směxa	*směxy
Genitive	*směxa	*směxu	*směxъ
Locative	*směśě	*směxu	*směśěxъ
Dative	*směxu	*směxoma	*směxomъ
Instrumental	směxъmь, směxomь^*	*směxoma	*směxy
Vocative	*směše	*směxa	*směśi

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Derived terms

*směšьnъ
*směšьkъ
*směšiti

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: смѣхъ (směxŭ)
  - Belarusian: смех (smjex)
  - Russian: смех (smex)
  - Ukrainian: сміх (smix)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Old Cyrillic: смѣхъ (směxŭ)
  Glagolitic: ⱄⰿⱑⱈⱏ (směxŭ)
- Bulgarian: смях (smjah)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: сме̑х
  Latin: smȇh
- Slovene: smeh
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: smiech
  - Czech: smích
- Old Polish: śmiech
  - Polish: śmiech
- Silesian: śmiych
- Slovak: smiech
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: směch
  - Upper Sorbian: směch

References

Derksen, Rick (2008), “*směxъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 456
Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “смех”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress