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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kyvati

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-Indo-European *kh₁u-, from the root *keh₁w-. Cognate with Latin cēveō (“to move the backside in a lewd manner, to twerk”). Vasmer suggests a possible additional cognate in Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌴𐍅𐌾𐌰𐌽 (skēwjan, “to wander”), while Chernykh adds as possibilities Ossetian чи́уын (ḱíwyn, “to stagger, to stumble”) (also кеун (kewn)), Central Kurdish کەیان‎ (keyan, “to waver, to wobble”).

Verb

*kyvati impf[1]

  1. to nod

Inflection

Derived terms

  • *kyvъkъ (“nod”)
  • *kyti (“to pound, to wing”)
  • *kyjati (“to flap, to knock (with a hammer)”)
  • *kymъ (“nod”)
    • *kymati (“to nod”)

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: кꙑвати (kyvati) (13th century)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Cyrillic: кꙑвати (kyvati)
      Glagolitic: [Term?]
    • Bulgarian: ки́вам (kívam) (dialectal)
    • Slovene: kívati (tonal orthography) (obsolete, dialectal)
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: kývat
    • Old Polish: kiwać
    • Slovak: kývať
    • Slovincian: ħĩvăc
    • Sorbian:
      • Upper Sorbian: kiwać
      • Lower Sorbian: kiwaś

Further reading

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*kyvati”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 267: “v. ‘nod’”
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