Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/opętь

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 *o(b)- + Proto-Indo-European *pénth₂i (“at road”), ultimately from *pent- (“to pass”). Akin to Old Lithuanian atpent, Samogitian арént.

Adverb

*opętь[1]

again, once more

Alternative forms

*vъzpętь (with prefix *vъz-)
- ⇒ Old Church Slavonic: въспѧть (vŭspętĭ)
- ⇒ Slovene: spẹ̑t, zọ̑pet (tonal orthography)

Related terms

*pęti (“to stretch, to toil”)
*pęta (“heel”)
- *opętina (“backside of a shoe”)
*pǫtь (“path”)

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: опѧть (opętĭ)
  - Old Ruthenian: опѧ́ть (opjátʹ)
    - Belarusian: апя́ць (apjácʹ)
    - Ukrainian: оп'я́ть (opʺjátʹ), уп'я́ть (upʺjátʹ) (dialectal)
  - Russian: опя́ть (opjátʹ)
    - → Polish: apiać
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Old Cyrillic script: опѧть (opętĭ)
  
  Glagolitic script: ⱁⱂⱔⱅⱐ (opętĭ)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: о̏пе̄т
  
  Latin script: ȍpēt
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: opět
  - Czech: opět
- Old Polish: opiąć, opięć
- Slovak: opäť

References

Snoj, Marko (2016) “spet”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “Pslovan. *vъ̀zpętь, [...] *òpętь”