Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/povinǫti

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

An affixed derivative of an otherwise-unattested *vinǫti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *wī́ˀtei (to drive away, chase, pursue).[1]

Verb

*povinǫti pf (imperfective *povinovati)[1]

  1. to subordinate, subdue

Inflection

Descendants

  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic: повинѫти (povinǫti)

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Derksen, Rick (2008) “*povinǫti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 415

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