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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/aviti

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 Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew- (to perceive, see, be aware of).

Baltic cognates include Lithuanian ovytis (to appear). Wider cognates include Proto-Germanic *awiz (obvious) and Sanskrit आविस् (āvís, manifestly, evidently).

Verb

*avìti[1][2]

  1. to show

Inflection

  • *avьnъ (obvious, apparent)
  • *avitъ (revealed, apparent)

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: ꙗвити (javiti)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: jevit
    • Polabian: vüöb-óvе
    • Polish: jawić się
    • Slovak: javiť
    • Sorbian:
      • Upper Sorbian: zjewić
      • Lower Sorbian: zjawiś

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “яви́ть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2008) “*avìti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 30:v. ‘show’
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001) “avjǫ -iti”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:c (SA 240, 257; PR 140)
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