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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/govorъ

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 Proto-Balto-Slavic *gawaras, from Proto-Indo-European *gowH-oro-s, from *g⁽ʷ⁾ewH- (to call, name). Cognate with Latvian gaura (chatter). Cognate with Sanskrit जोगुवे (jóguve, to call, to invoke), Ancient Greek γόος (góos, wailing, weeping).

Noun

*gȍvorъ m[1][2]

  1. (originally) prattle, grumble
    Synonyms: *rъpъtъ, *bъltanьje
  2. (eventually) vocalization, utterance
  3. (abstract) talk, speech
    Synonym: *rěčь
  4. (by extension) vernacular (style of talking)

Alternative forms

  • *gavorъ
    • Polish: gaworzyć
  • *govora f (ā-stem)
  • *govorь f (i-stem), *govori f (ī-stem)

Declension

In Ukrainian, Slovincian:

Derived terms

Verbs:

  • *govorìti (to talk, to speak)
  • *govorъkati (to chatter, to mumble)

Nouns:

  • *dogovorъ (contract, agreement)
  • *jьzgovorъ (pronunciation)
  • *nagovorъ (verbal dispute, slander), *nagovorъka (chitter-chatter)
  • *pergovorъ (negotiation)
  • *pоgovorъ, *pоgovorъka (proverb, saying)
  • *prigovorъ (objection, verdict)
  • *progovorъ (utterance)
  • *ogovorъ (slander) (East Slavic)
  • *otъgovorъ (response)
  • *orzgovorъ (conversation)
  • *sъgovorъ (concord)
  • *ugovorъ, *ugovorъka (agreement)
  • *vygovorъ (rebuke)
  • *zagovorъ (conspiracy, complot)

Adjectives:

  • *govorьnъ, *govorьskъ (related to speech, vocalization)
  • *gavьra (ridicule, mockery)
  • *gvarъ, *gvara (vernacular, idiom)
  • *gutorъ (talk, discussion)
  • *gǫsti, *gǫděti (to make noise, to drone, to play music)
  • *žugati, *žuxati (to drone, to hum, to creak) (possibly)

Descendants

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “говор”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1980), “*govorъ/*govora”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 7 (*golvačь – *gyžati), Moscow: Nauka, page 76
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “говор”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 258

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2008) “*gȍvorъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 181:m. o ‘talk’
  2. Snoj, Marko (2016) “govor”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si:Pslovan. *gȍvorъ
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