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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/govoriti

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 *govorъ + *-iti, from Proto-Indo-European *gewH-. Cognate with Sanskrit जोगुवे (jóguve, to call, to invoke), Ancient Greek γόος (góos, wailing, weeping).

Verb

*govorìti impf [1][2]

  1. to speak, to talk

Conjugation

Descendants

Further reading

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*govorìti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 181: “v. ‘speak, talk’”
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001), govoriti: govorjǫ govoritь”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:c tale (PR 139)”
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