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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/gověti

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 *gʷʰow-, from the root *gʷʰew-. Cognate with Latin faveō (to favor, to show mercy) (infinitive favēre), Old Norse (to pay attention, to respect, to revere), gaumr (attention), Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌿𐌼𐌾𐌰𐌽 (gaumjan, to notice, to pay attention). Also cognate with Lithuanian govė́ti (to fast), Latvian gavêt (to fast), but (per Derksen) both are borrowings from East Slavic.

Verb

*gově̀ti impf[1][2]

  1. to revere, to fast

Usage notes

Per Chernykh, the semantic development was "to show respect" > "to revere" > to "refrain" (from food, etc.) > "to fast".

Inflection

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: говѣти (gověti)
      • Belarusian: гаве́ць (havjécʹ)
      • Russian: гове́ть (govétʹ)
      • Ukrainian: гові́ти (hovíty)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Cyrillic: говѣти (gověti)
      Glagolitic: [Term?]
    • Bulgarian: гове́я (govéja)
    • Macedonian: гувее (guvee)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic: го̀вјети
      Latin: gòvjeti
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: hověti
    • Slovak: hovieť
    • Sorbian:
      • Upper Sorbian: howić

Further reading

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*gověti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 181: “v.”
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001), gověti: govějǫ govějetь”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:a faste (PR 134)”
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