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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/divati

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

Inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *deiwatei. Cognate with Lithuanian deivóti.

Verb

*divati impf[1][2] (West Slavic)

  1. (intransitive, rare) to look with admiration, to look at something unusual
  2. (reflexive with *sę) to look with admiration, to look at something unusual

Inflection

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Descendants
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: dívati
      • Czech: dívati
    • Old Polish: dziwać
      • Polish: (dated, dialectal) dziwać
    • Old Slovak: dívať
      • Slovak: dívať
    • Sorbian:
      • Lower Sorbian: źiwaś
      • Upper Sorbian: dźiwać

References
  1. Sławski, Franciszek, editor (1979), “divati”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volumes 3 (davьnъ – dobirati sę), Wrocław: Ossolineum, →ISBN, page 215
  2. Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1978), “*divati (sę)”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 5 (*dělo – *dьržьlь), Moscow: Nauka, page 31
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