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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/divovati

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

From *dȋvъ (astonishment; wonder, miracle) + *-ovati.

Verb

*divovati impf[1][2]

  1. (intransitive, rare) to admire something, to be amazed by something, to wonder at something
  2. (reflexive with *) to admire something, to be amazed by something, to wonder at something

Conjugation

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: дивоватисѧ (divovatisę)
      • Old Ruthenian: дивоватисѧ (divovatisja)
      • Russian: дивова́ться (divovátʹsja)
  • South Slavic:
    • Bulgarian: (dialectal) диво́вам (divóvam), диву́въм (divúvǎm)
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: (Moravian) divovat, dzivovat
    • Polish: dziwować
    • Old Slovak: divovati
    • Pomeranian:
      • Kashubian: dzëwòwac
      • Slovincian: dzëwôwac
    • Sorbian:
      • Lower Sorbian: źiwowaś
      • Upper Sorbian: *dźiwować (found in compounds)

References

  1. Sławski, Franciszek, editor (1979), “divovati”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volumes 3 (davьnъ – dobirati sę), Wrocław: Ossolineum, →ISBN, page 224
  2. Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1978), “*divovati”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 5 (*dělo – *dьržьlь), Moscow: Nauka, page 34
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