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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/otъvoriti

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

Alternative forms

  • *otvorìti

Etymology

Causative/iterative from *otъverti (“to open”); see there for etymology.

Verb

otъvorìti

  1. to open

Inflection

  • *obora (“string, twine”)
  • *obòra, *obòrъ (“enclosure”)
  • *otъverti (“to open”)
  • *proverti (“to stick through”)
  • *zaverti (“to close, to enclose”)

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: отворити (otvoriti)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: otvořiti
      • Czech: otvořiti (archaic); otvořiť, otvořic (dialectal)
    • Polabian: (wittöhr, vitör (“open the door”, imperative))
    • Old Polish: odworzyć, otworzyć
    • Slovak: otvoriť
    • Slovincian: vɵtvʉ̀ɵ̯řĕc (“to open”); (tvʉ̀ɵ̯řĕc (“to open, to close”))
    • Sorbian:
      • Lower Sorbian: wótworiś

References

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