Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/dъvojьťi

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 *dъva (“two”) +‎ *-o- +‎ *jьti (“to go”) +‎ *-jь.

Adverb

*dъvojьťi

1. twice (2×)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: дъвоичи (dŭvoiči), дъвоича (dŭvoiča)
    • Old Ruthenian: дво́йчи (dvójči)
      • Belarusian: дво́йчы (dvójčy)
      • Ukrainian: дві́чі (dvíči); дві́чи (dvíčy), дві́йчи (dvíjčy), дви́чи (dvýčy), дви́чі (dvýči) (dialectal)
    • Russian: дво́йчи (dvójči), дво́йчы (dvójčy), дво́йча (dvójča) (dialectal)
  • Old Novgorodian: дъвоици (dŭvoići)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Glagolitic script: ⰴⱏⰲⱁⰻⱋⰻ (dŭvoišti)

    Old Cyrillic script: дъвоищи (dŭvoišti)

    • Middle Bulgarian: дващи (dvašti)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Polish: dwójcy, dwujcy, dwajcy
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: dwójcy
    • Upper Sorbian: dwójcy

Further reading

• Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1985), “дві́чі”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 2 (Д – Копці), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 18
• Martynaŭ, V. U., editor (1985), “дво́йчы”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), volumes 3 (га! – інчэ́), Minsk: Navuka i technika, page 131: “прасл.*d(ъ)vojьtji”