Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pъvati

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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

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Etymology

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According to Snoj, from *pъvъ +‎ *-ati. Further etymology is uncertain.

Vasmer considers a possible relation with Lithuanian pū́ti (to rot), Latvian pūt (to smell), which ultimately descend from proto-Indo-European *pewH- (to purify), but qualifies it as questionable.

Verb

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*pъvàti impf[1][2]

  1. to have trust in, to rely

Inflection

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic: пъвати (pŭvati)
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

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  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “упова́ть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (2002), “*obpъvati”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 29 (*obpovědati – *obsojьnica), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 47

References

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  1. ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “ȗpati”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si:*pъva̋ti
  2. ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “-pъvati: -pъvajǫ -pъvajetь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:a håbe (PR 134)