Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/otъvětъ

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 *ot- +‎ *větъ.

Noun

*otъvětъ m

1. answer, respond

Declension

Declension of *otъvětъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*otъvětъ	*otъvěta	*otъvěti
genitive	*otъvěta	*otъvětu	*otъvětъ
dative	*otъvětu	*otъvětoma	*otъvětomъ
accusative	*otъvětъ	*otъvěta	*otъvěty
instrumental	*otъvětъmь, *otъvětomь*	*otъvětoma	*otъvěty
locative	*otъvětě	*otъvětu	*otъvětěxъ
vocative	*otъvěte	*otъvěta	*otъvěti

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: отъвѣтъ (otŭvětŭ)
    • Russian: отве́т (otvét)
    • Ukrainian: відві́т (vidvít) (dated)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: отъвѣтъ (otŭvětŭ)

  • Bulgarian: отвѐт (otvèt)
  • Macedonian: о́двет (ódvet) (archaic)

Further reading

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