Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/žьvati

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.

Reanalyzed from the present stem of *žuti +‎ *-ati, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵyewh₁-.

*žьvàti impf

1. alternative form of *žuti (“to chew”)

   Synonyms: *ďubati, *zobati

Intensive form: *živati

• *perživati (“to rechew”)
• *žьvanь (“smacking, slurping (noisy eating); mumbling”)
• *žьvàdla (“bit (of horse' bridle)”)
  • *žьvadliti (“to gnaw, to grasp with teeth”)
• *žьvaka, *žьvęka (“chewing gum”)
  • *žьvakati, *žьvačiti (“to chew”)
    • South Slavic:
      • Bulgarian: жва́кам (žvákam), жва́ча (žváča)
      • Macedonian: жвака (žvaka), џвака (džvaka)
    • West Slavic:
      • Czech: žvýkat
  • *žьvękati, *žьvęčiti (“to chew”)
    • South Slavic:
      • Slovene: žvẹkáti, žvẹ́čiti (tonal orthography)

• *žuti (“to chew”)
  • *žuka, *žuna (“buccal cavity”)
• *gъvakati, *gъvъkati, *gъvъčiti (“to chew, to munch”)

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: жава́ць (žavácʹ)
  • Russian: жева́ть (ževátʹ), colloquially: жува́ть (žuvátʹ)
  • Ukrainian: жува́ти (žuváty)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:
    • Old Church Slavonic: жьвати (žĭvati) (Serbian rendition)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: žváti
    • ⇒ Czech: žvýkat
  • Polabian: zåvat
  • Old Polish: żwać
    • Polish: żuć
  • Old Slovak: žuť, žuvať
    • Pannonian Rusyn: жувац (žuvac)
    • Slovak: (merged with reflexes of *žuti) žuť, žuvať
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: žwać
    • Lower Sorbian: žuś (merged with reflexes of *žuti)

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “жевать”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “жвакам, жвача”, in Български етимологичен речник (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 526
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “гвакам”, in Български етимологичен речник (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 234
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “дъвча, дъвкам, дъвкотя”, in Български етимологичен речник (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 453