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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/životъ

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed words 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-Balto-Slavic *gʔiwot-, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wotós. Morphologically as if *živъ (alive) + *-otъ.

Baltic cognates are Lithuanian gyvatà (life) and Old Prussian giwato (life).

Indo-European cognates are Latin vīta (from *gʷih₃woteh₂), Sanskrit जीवित (jīvitá, life) and Ancient Greek βίοτος (bíotos).

Noun

*živòtъ m [1]

  1. life
  2. belly

Inflection

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: животъ (životŭ)
      • Belarusian: жывот (žyvót, belly)
      • Russian: живо́т (živót, belly; life; animal)
      • Rusyn: жывот (žŷvot, life)
      • Ukrainian: живіт (žyvit, belly)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Cyrillic: животъ (životŭ, life; animal)
      Glagolitic: ⰶⰹⰲⱁⱅⱏ (životŭ, life; animal)
    • Bulgarian: живо́т (živót, life)
    • Macedonian: жи́вот (žívot, life)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic: жѝвот (life)
      Latin: žìvot (life)
    • Slovene: živòt (life; body)
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: život (life)
    • Kashubian: żëwòt (life)
    • Polabian: zaivăt (life)
    • Polish: żywot (life)
    • Slovak: život (life)
    • Sorbian:
      • Lower Sorbian: žywot (belly, body)
      • Upper Sorbian: žiwot (belly, body)
  • Karelian: šiivatta

Further reading

  • Gluhak, Alemko (1993) Hrvatski etimološki rječnik (in Serbo-Croatian), Zagreb: August Cesarec, page 710f
  • Vasmer (Fasmer), Max (Maks) (1964–1973), живот”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv Oleg, Moscow: Progress

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*živòtъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 563
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