Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/otъvětъ

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 *otъ- (“from, of”) +‎ *větъ (“greeting, agreement”); see *otъ for the prefix.^[1]

Noun

*otъvětъ m

answer, respond

Declension

Declension of *otъvětъ (hard o-stem)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*otъvětъ	*otъvěta	*otъvěti
genitive	*otъvěta	*otъvětu	*otъvětъ
dative	*otъvětu	*otъvětoma	*otъvětomъ
accusative	*otъvětъ	*otъvěta	*otъvěty
instrumental	otъvětъmь, otъvětomь^*	*otъvětoma	*otъvěty
locative	*otъvětě	*otъvětu	*otъvětěxъ
vocative	*otъvěte	*otъvěta	*otъvěti

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: отъвѣтъ (otŭvětŭ)
  - Carpathian Rusyn: одвіт (odvit)
    - Pannonian Rusyn: одвит (odvit)
  - Russian: отве́т (otvét)
  - Ukrainian: відві́т (vidvít), одві́т (odvít) (dated)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Old Cyrillic script: отъвѣтъ (otŭvětŭ)
- Bulgarian: отвѐт (otvèt)
- Macedonian: о́двет (ódvet) (archaic)

References

^ Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “отве́т”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

[1] Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “отве́т”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

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