degъtь

degъtь Grammatical information: m. jo Proto-Slavic meaning: `tar'

Page in Trubačev: IV 204-205

Russian:

dëgot' `tar' [m jo]

Ukrainian:

díhot' `tar' [m jo];

déhot' `tar' [m jo]

Czech:

dehet `tar' [m o]

Slovak:

decht `tar' [m o]

Polish:

dziegieć `tar' [m jo]

Slovene:

dēgǝt `tar' [m o]

Proto-Balto-Slavic reconstruction: degut(i)os

Lithuanian:

degùtas `tar' [m o] 2

Latvian:

dęguts `tar' [m o]

Indo-European reconstruction: dʰegʷʰ-

Comments: In view of the presumed connection between *žegti `burn' and Lith. dègti `id.', *degъtь is sometimes regarded as a borrowing from Baltic. I find it more likely that it is a relic of the original root *deg- < dʰegʷʰ- (cf. Sɫawski SP III: 34-35), cf. Sln. dę́gniti `radiate', OCz. dehna `devil'.