Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/opętь

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 *o(b)- + Proto-Indo-European *pénth₂i (“at road”), ultimately from *pent- (“to pass”). Akin to Old Lithuanian atpent, Samogitian арént.

Adverb

*opętь

1. again, once more

Alternative forms

• *vъzpętь (with prefix *vъz-)
  • ⇒ Old Church Slavonic: въспѧть (vŭspętĭ)
  • ⇒ Slovene: spẹ̑t, zọ̑pet (tonal orthography)

Related terms

• *pęti (“to stretch, to toil”)
• *pęta (“heel”)
  • *opętina (“backside of a shoe”)
• *pǫtь (“path”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: опѧть (opętĭ)
    • Old Ruthenian: опѧ́ть (opjátʹ)
      • Belarusian: апя́ць (apjácʹ)
      • Ukrainian: оп'я́ть (opʺjátʹ), уп'я́ть (upʺjátʹ) (dialectal)
    • Russian: опя́ть (opjátʹ)
      • → Polish: apiać
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: опѧть (opętĭ)

    Glagolitic script: ⱁⱂⱔⱅⱐ (opętĭ)

  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: о̏пе̄т

    Latin script: ȍpēt

• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: opět
    • Czech: opět
  • Old Polish: opiąć, opięć
  • Slovak: opäť

References

Further reading

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