Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/otъvorъ

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

  • *otъvorа

Etymology

By surface analysis, deverbal from *otъvoriti, itself a causative/iterative form of *otъverti (“to open”).

Noun

*otъvorъ m[1]

  1. opening

Declension

Declension of *otъvorъ (hard o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *otъvorъ *otъvora *otъvori
genitive *otъvora *otъvoru *otъvorъ
dative *otъvoru *otъvoroma *otъvoromъ
accusative *otъvorъ *otъvora *otъvory
instrumental *otъvorъmь, *otъvoromь* *otъvoroma *otъvory
locative *otъvorě *otъvoru *otъvorěxъ
vocative *otъvore *otъvora *otъvori

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

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old Ruthenian: отворъ (otvor)
    • Russian: отво́р (otvór) (dialectal)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:

References

  1. ^ Zhuravlyov, A. F., editor (2014), “*otъvorъ/*otъvora”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 39 (*otъtęti – *ozgǫba), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 128
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