Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/dъvojь

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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

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *dwajás, from Proto-Indo-European *dwoyos. Cognate with Lithuanian dvejí, Ancient Greek δοιός (doiós), Sanskrit द्वय (dvayá).

Numeral

Proto-Slavic numbers (edit)
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    Cardinal: *dъva
    Ordinal: *vъtorъ
    Adverbial: *dъva šьdy, *dъvojьťi, *dъva kortь
    Multiplier: *dъvojakъ, *dъvojьnъ, *dъva kortьnъ, *dъvogubъ
    Collective: *dъvojь
    Fractional: *polъ, *polovina

*dъvojь

  1. (collective) two

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Further reading

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1978), “*d(ъ)vojь, *d(ъ)voja, *d(ъ)voje, *d(ъ)voji”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 5 (*dělo – *dьržьlь), Moscow: Nauka, page 192
  • Derksen, Rick (2008) “*d(ъ)vojь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 131