Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/obětъ

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 *ob- +‎ *větъ.

Noun

*obětъ m

1. promise

Declension

Declension of *obětъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*obětъ	*oběta	*oběti
genitive	*oběta	*obětu	*obětъ
dative	*obětu	*obětoma	*obětomъ
accusative	*obětъ	*oběta	*oběty
instrumental	*obětъmь, *obětomь*	*obětoma	*oběty
locative	*obětě	*obětu	*obětěxъ
vocative	*oběte	*oběta	*oběti

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

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: обѣтъ (obětŭ)
    • Russian: обе́т (obét)
    • Ukrainian: обі́т (obít)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: обѣтъ (obětŭ)

  • Bulgarian: обѐт (obèt)
  • Slovene: obèt (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: obět
    • Czech: oběť (“sacrifice”)
  • Old Polish: obiat (“sacrifice”), obiet
  • Slovak: obeť (“sacrifice”)

Further reading

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