ष्ठीवति

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *sp(t)yewH- (“to spit, spew”) (with metathesis of *-iwH- to *-iHw-, thus reflecting a pre-form *sp(t)iHw-), compare *(s)ptyēw-. Cognates include Old Armenian թուք (tʿukʿ), Persian تف‎ (tuf, “spittle”), Ossetian ту (tu, “spittle”), Ancient Greek πτύω (ptúō, “I spit out”), Latin spuo (Italian sputare), Old Church Slavonic пльвати (plĭvati) (Russian плевать (plevatʹ)) and Old English spīwan (English spew).

Verb

ष्ठीवति • (ṣṭhīvati) (class-1/4, root ष्ठीव् or ष्ठिव्)

  1. to spit, spit out, expectorate, spit upon (locative) (Suśr., VarBṛS., Kathās.)

References

  • Sir Monier Monier-Williams (1898) A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 1111
  • Rix, Helmut, editor (2001) Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 583 of 583, 584

Further reading

  • Partial conjugation: class 1, class 4 (without causative, desiderative and intensive)
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