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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/-tva

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 a-extension of supine *-tъ (u-stem).[1] Or from Proto-Balto-Slavic *twāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *-tu-eh₂;[2] compare Gothic -𐌸𐍅𐌰 (-þwa), -𐌸𐍅𐍉𐍃 (-þwōs) and Sanskrit -त्व (-tva), -त्वा (-tvā).

Compare also Lithuanian milžtuvė̃, Lietuvà (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?).

Suffix

*-tva f

  1. Deverbative, forming nouns denoting an act, state, result.
    Synonyms: *-ьje, *-ьba, *-ъ
    *pasti (“to graze”) → *pastva (“flock”)
    *klęti (“to curse”) → *klętva (“curse”)
    *orati (“to plow”) → *oratva (“plowing”)
    *modliti (“to pray”) → *modlitva (“prayer”)
    *sěti (“to sow”) → *sětva (“sowing”)
    *žęti (“to reap, harvest”) → *žętva (“harvest”)
  2. Deverbative, forming nouns denoting a tool.
    Synonym: *-dlo
    *briti (“to shave”) → *britva (“razor”)

Declension

Alternative forms

See also

Derived terms

Proto-Slavic terms suffixed with *-tva

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: -тва (-tva)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic: -тва (-tva)
      Glagolitic: -ⱅⰲⰰ (-tva)
    • Bulgarian: -тва (-tva)
    • Macedonian: -тва (-tva)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic: -тва
      Latin: -tva
    • Slovene: -tev (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: -tva
    • Polish: -twa
    • Slovak: -tva
    • Slovincian: -tvă
    • Sorbian:

Further reading

References

  1. Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1980), “*gonitva”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 7 (*golvačь – *gyžati), Moscow: Nauka, page 23
  2. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*bìtva”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 32: “*bʰiH-tu-eh₂”
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