Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/avě

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 , from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew- (“to perceive, see”). Cognates include Old Lithuanian ovyje, Sanskrit आविस् (āvis), Avestan 𐬁𐬬𐬍𐬱 (āvīš), Proto-Germanic *awiz.

The pan-Slavic range of the word is evidenced by derived terms.

Nouns in daughter languages pointing at *ava, *avo, *avь, *avъ have been formed in post-Proto-Slavic^[1] from adverb^[2] or verb.^[3]

Adverb

*(j)avě^[4]^[1]^[5]

manifestly

Derived terms

adjectives

*avьnъ (“visible, apparent”)

adverbs

*na avě (“manifestly, in reality”)

Related terms

verbs

*aviti impf (“to show”)

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: ꙗвѣ (javě), авѣ (avě)
  - Old Ruthenian: ꙗвѣ (javě)
    - Ukrainian: яв (jav), я́ва́ (jává) (dialectal)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic: ꙗвѣ (javě), авѣ (avě)
  - Church Slavonic: ꙗвѣ (javě) (Bulgarian and Russian recension); авѣ (avě) (Russian recension)
- Bulgarian: а́ве (áve), я́ве (jáve)
- Macedonian: јаве (jave) (dialectal)
- Old Serbo-Croatian: javi
  - Serbo-Croatian:
    Latin script: jávi
    
    Cyrillic script: я́ви

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Sławski, Franciszek, editor (1974), “avě : javě”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volume 1 (a – bьzděti), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 164
^ Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “jawa”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN, page 207
^ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “яв”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka}}
^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1974), “*avě”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 1 (*a – *besědьlivъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 93
^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “avě”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 30

[SP-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Sławski, Franciszek, editor (1974), “avě : javě”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volume 1 (a – bьzděti), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 164

[2] Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “jawa”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN, page 207

[3] Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “яв”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka}}

[4] Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1974), “*avě”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 1 (*a – *besědьlivъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 93

[5] Derksen, Rick (2008) “avě”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 30

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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/avě

Proto-Slavic

Etymology

Adverb

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