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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/daviti

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-Indo-European *dʰōh₂w-, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₂w- (per Derksen); elsewhere reconstructed as *dʰew-. Cognate with Old Norse deyja (to die) (whence English die), Gothic 𐌰𐍆𐌳𐌰𐌿𐌹𐌸𐍃 (afdauiþs, tormented), Avestan 𐬛𐬀𐬎𐬎- (dauu-, to crush, to oppress) (attested as 𐬛𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬌𐬛𐬍 (duuaidī, 1 du. past middle)), Ancient Greek Ζεὺς θαύλιος (Zeùs thaúlios, Zeus the strangler? (Phrygian god)), Phrygian δάος (dáos, wolf).

Verb

*dāvìti impf [1][2]

  1. to suffocate

Inflection

Descendants

  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Cyrillic: давити (daviti, to suffocate), 1sg. давлѭ (davljǫ)
      Glagolitic: [Term?]
    • Bulgarian: да́вя (dávja, to drown, to suffocate)
    • Macedonian: дави (davi, to drown, to suffocate)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic: да́вити (to suffocate), 1sg. да̑вӣм
      Latin: dáviti (to suffocate), 1sg. dȃvīm
      • Chakavian (Vrgada): då̄vȉti (to suffocate), 2sg. då̃vīš
    • Slovene: dáviti (to suffocate) (tonal orthography), 1sg. dávim (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: dláviti
    • Czech: dávit (to suffocate, to throw up)
    • Polabian: dovĕ (to press)
    • Polish: dawić (to suffocate) (obsolete or dialectal), dławić (to suffocate)
    • Slovak: dáviť, dláviť (to suffocate, to throw up)
    • Slovincian: dłȧ̃vjĭc (to suffocate)
    • Sorbian:
      • Upper Sorbian: dawić, dajić (to suffocate)
      • Lower Sorbian: dawiś, dajiś (to suffocate)

Further reading

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*dāvìti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 97: “v. (b) ‘suffocate’”
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001), daviti: davjǫ davitь”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:b press (PR 137)”
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