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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/zěvati

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

Cognates include Lithuanian žióvauti, Latvian žàvât, Old High German giwēn, gewōn. See *zijati for more cognates.

Verb

zěvàti

  1. to yawn

Inflection

Descendants

  • Church Slavic: зѣвати (zěvati) (Russian)
  • East Slavic:
    • Belarusian: зява́ць (zjavácʹ)
    • Russian: зева́ть (zevátʹ), 1sg. зева́ю (zeváju)
    • Ukrainian: зіва́ти (ziváty)
  • South Slavic:
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic: зијѐвати, 1sg. зи̏јева̄м
      Latin: zijèvati, 1sg. zȉjevām
      • Chakavian (Vrgada): zīhȁti, 2sg. zĩšeš
      • Chakavian (Orbanići): zⁱehȁt, 1sg. zⁱẽšen
    • Slovene: zẹ́vati (tonal orthography), 1sg. zẹ́vam (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: zívat
    • Polish: ziewać
    • Slovak: zívať
    • Sorbian:
      • Upper Sorbian: zywać

References

  • Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 542
  • Vasmer (Fasmer), Max (Maks) (1964–1973), зевать”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv Oleg, Moscow: Progress
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