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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/otъverzti

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

  • *otverzti

Etymology

From *otъ- + *verzti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *verź-, from Proto-Indo-European *werǵʰ-. Cognate with Lithuanian ver̃žti (to string, to squeeze, to tighten), Old High German wurgen (to strangle).

Verb

*otъverzti

  1. to open

Inflection

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: отъврезти (otŭvrezti)
      • Russian: poetic отве́рзть (otvérztʹ)
      • Ukrainian: (отве́рзтися (otvérztysja))
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Cyrillic: отъвьрзати (otŭvĭrzati), отъврѣщи (otŭvrěšti)
      Glagolitic: [Term?]
    • Bulgarian: отвъ́ржа (otvǎ́rža)
    • Macedonian: одврже (odvrže), одврзе (odvrze) (dialectal)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic: одвр́сти (Karadzić's dictionary)
      Latin: odvŕsti

Further reading

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