- māxàti
- māxàti
Grammatical information: v.
Proto-Slavic meaning: `wave'
Page in Trubačev: XVII 123-126Church Slavic:maxati `wave' [verb], maxajǫ [1sg]Russian:maxát' `wave' [verb], mašú [1sg], mášet [3sg]Czech:máchati `wave' [verb]Slovak:máchat' `swing' [verb]Polish:machać `wave, swing' [verb]Serbo-Croatian:máhati `wave' [verb], mȃšȇm [1sg];Čak. må̄hȁti (Vrgada) `wave' [verb], må̃šeš [2sg];Čak. māhȁt (Orbanići) `wave' [verb], mãšen [1sg]Slovene:máhati `wave' [verb], máham [1sg]Bulgarian:máxam `wave' [verb]Proto-Balto-Slavic reconstruction: maHs-Lithuanian:mosúoti `wave' [verb]Indo-European reconstruction: meh₂s-Page in Pokorny: 693Comments: In spite of the fact that the x in *maxati is not the regular reflex of *s in this position, I assume that we are dealing with a Balto-Slavic enlargement s of the root *meh₂- `to beckon'.
Slovenščina-angleščina big slovar. 2014.