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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/gotovъ

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

It was suggested (e.g. Kroonen) that the word is borrowed from a reflect of unattested adjective Proto-Germanic *gatawaz, deverbal adjective from the root of *tawjaną (to make, complete), probably from Gothic, cf. 𐌲𐌰𐍄𐌰𐌿𐌾𐌰𐌽 (gataujan, to do, make, effect). This view is usually rejected, Pronk-Tiethoff considers a loan possible, but admits that native origin cannot be excluded.

Native origin is prevailing, however, few propositions exist:

*gotovъ is often compared to Albanian gat, gati (ready), but currently these are usually believed to be early loans from Slavic. Some suggested that Lithuanian gãtavas, Latvian gatavs (ready) and Old Prussian pogattawint (to prepare) are cognates to Slavic which point to Proto-Balto-Slavic *gatawas, however, it is usually believed Baltic words are borrowed from Slavic (e.g. on the basis of the accent, Smoczyński considers the Lithuanian word to be a loan from Old Polish).

Adjective

*gotòvъ[1][2][3][4][5]

  1. finished, completed
  2. ready, prepared, arranged
  3. ready, willing, decided

Inflection

Descendants

  • Non-Slavic:
    • ? Albanian: gat, gati
    • ? Lithuanian: gãtavas
    • ? Latvian: gatavs
    • ? Old Prussian: pogattawint

References

  1. Olander, Thomas (2001), gotovъ gotova gotovo”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:a parat (PR 133)”
  2. Pronk-Tiethoff, Saskia E. (2013) The Germanic loanwords in Proto-Slavic (in English), Amsterdam - New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 173: “PSl. *gotovъ ‘ready, prepared’ [AP A]”
  3. Snoj, Marko (2016), gotȍv”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar3 (in Slovene), https://fran.si: “Pslovan. *gotovъ̏”
  4. Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1980), gotovъ(jь)”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 7 (*golvačь – *gyžati), Moscow: Nauka, page 70
  5. Sławski, Franciszek, editor (2001), gotovъ”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volume 8 (goda – gyža), Wrocław: National Ossoliński Institute, →ISBN, page 151

Further reading

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