Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/govoriti

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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 *govorъ +‎ *-iti, an extension of Proto-Indo-European *gewH- + *-oriti. Cognate with Sanskrit जोगुवे (jóguve, to call, to invoke), Ancient Greek γόος (góos, wailing, weeping).

Verb

*govorìti impf (perfective *reťi)[1][2]

  1. to speak, to talk

Conjugation

Descendants

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “говор”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1980), “*govoriti”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 7 (*golvačь – *gyžati), Moscow: Nauka, page 75
  • Šanskij, N. M. (2004) “говор”, in Školʹnyj etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [School Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Drofa

References

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*govorìti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 181:v. ‘speak, talk’
  2. ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “govoriti: govorjǫ govoritь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:c tale (PR 139)