Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/dvigati

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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

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Etymology

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Vasmer marks the word as unclear. According to one theory, from *d(ъ)vigъ (branching, buttress serving as lever), from *d(ъ)va (2) +‎ *-igъ. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?) Compare German Zweig (branch < branching), from Zwei (2).

The loss of -v- in South Slavic is secondary. For a similar phenomenon, compare Serbo-Croatian storiti (to do, to commit), Bulgarian сторя (storja, to do) < *sъtvoriti.

Verb

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*dvigati impf (perfective *dvignǫti)[1]

  1. to raise, lift, move up

Conjugation

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Alternative forms

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See also

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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*dvigati:

*dviťi:

Further reading

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  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “двигать”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1978), “*dvig(a)ti”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 5 (*dělo – *dьržьlь), Moscow: Nauka, page 168

References

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  1. ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “dvigati: dvižǫ dvižetь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:a (PR 133)