Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/avě

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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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic [Term?], from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew- (to perceive, see). Cognates include Old Lithuanian ovyje, Sanskrit आविस् (āvis), Avestan 𐬁𐬬𐬍𐬱 (āvīš), Proto-Germanic *awiz.

The pan-Slavic range of the word is evidenced by derived terms.

Nouns in daughter languages pointing at *ava, *avo, *avь, *avъ have been formed in post-Proto-Slavic[1] from adverb[2] or verb.[3]

Adverb[edit]

(j)avě[4][1][5]

  1. manifestly

Derived terms[edit]

adjectives
adverbs

Related terms[edit]

verbs

Descendants[edit]

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: ꙗвѣ (javě), авѣ (avě)
  • South Slavic:

Further reading[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Sławski, Franciszek, editor (1974), “avě : javě”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volumes 1 (a – bьzděti), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 164
  2. ^ Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “jawa”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN, page 207
  3. ^ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “яв”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka}}
  4. ^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1974), “*avě”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 1 (*a – *besědьlivъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 93
  5. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “avě”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 30