Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/puxъ

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.

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *pausas, from Proto-Indo-European *powsos, from *pews- (“to swell, to blow”) or from an onomatopoeic origin.

*puxъ m

1. breath, pong
2. blister

• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: пух (puh), пуф (puf) (dialectal)
  • Macedonian: пуф (puf)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Polish: puch (“exhalation, fume, vapor”)

• Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (2002), “пух²”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 6 (пỳскам – словàр²), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 13

From Proto-Indo-European *pewḱs- (“fluff, tail”). Cognate with Proto-Germanic *fuhsaz (“fox”), Proto-Indo-Iranian *púsćas (“tail”).

*puxъ m

1. fluff, fur (of mammals)
2. down (of birds)

• *puxestъ (“fluffy”)
• *puxъkъ (“made of fluff”)
  • *puхъkavъ (“fluffy”)

• → Lithuanian: рūkаs (“fluff, furr”)

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “пух”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (2002), “пух¹”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 6 (пỳскам – словàр²), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 13