Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/dъvidzь

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

Inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *dweigas (o-stem), *dweigis (i-stem), cognate with Lithuanian dveigỹs, from Proto-Indo-European *dwi- (“two”).

The suffix is also found in Lithuanian treigỹs (“three-year-old”)

Adjective

*dъvidzь

1. two-year-old

Related terms

• *dъvogubъ
• *dъvojakъ
• *dъvojь

Descendants

• South Slavic:
  • ⇒ Bulgarian: дви́зка f (dvízka), двиза́к m (dvizák)
  • ⇒ Macedonian: ѕвиска f (dzviska), ѕвизак m (dzvizak)
  • ⇒ Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: дви̏ска f, двѝзица f, дви́зац m

    Latin script: dvȉska f, dvìzica f, dvízac m

Further reading

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1978), “*d(ъ)vizь, *d(ъ)viza, *d(ъ)vizę / -ęte”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 5 (*dělo – *dьržьlь), Moscow: Nauka, page 189
• “dveigys”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012