Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/spěxъ

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 *spě̀ti (“advance, ripen, hurry”) +‎ *-xъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *spḗˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *spéh₁- (root present), from *speh₁- (“succeed, prosper”). Cognate with Lithuanian spė̃kas (“power”), Latvian spȩ̀ks (“power”).

Verb

*spě̑xъ m[1]

haste

Conjugation

Declension of *spě̑xъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm c)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*spě̑xъ	*spě̑xa	*spě̑śi
Accusative	*spě̑xъ	*spě̑xa	*spě̑xy
Genitive	*spě̑xa	*spěxù	*spě̃xъ
Locative	*spě̑śě	*spěxù	*spěśě̃xъ
Dative	*spě̑xu	*spěxomà	*spěxòmъ
Instrumental	spě̑xъmь, spě̑xomь^*	*spěxomà	*spěxý
Vocative	*spěše	*spě̑xa	*spě̑śi

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

Derived terms

*spěšiti (“hurry”)

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: спѣхъ (spěxŭ)
  - Belarusian: спех (spjex)
  - Russian: спех (spex)
  - Ukrainian: спіх (spix)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Old Cyrillic: спѣхъ (spěxŭ)
  Glagolitic: ⱄⱂⱑⱈⱏ (spěxŭ)
  - Bulgarian: спех (speh)
    - ⇒ Bulgarian: успех (uspeh)
- Macedonian: спех (speh)
  - ⇒ Macedonian: успех (uspeh)
- Slovene: spẹ̑h
West Slavic:
- Czech: spěch
- Old Polish: śpiech
  - ⇒ Polish: pośpiech
- Slovak: spech
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: spěch
  - Upper Sorbian: spěch

References

Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 464

[1] Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 464