Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/obuvь
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Proto-Slavic
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *apavas/*apavis, *apauvas/*apauvis.
- Cognate with Lithuanian āpavas (“footwear, shoes”).
- Vasmer: from *obuti (“to put on footwear”), from *ob- + *uti (see *jьz-uti (“to take off (footwear)”)).
- Baltic cognates include Lithuanian aũti, aunù, aviaũ (“to wear shoes, put on shoes, to shoe”), apaũti (“to shoe”), Latvian àut, àunu (“to put on shoes”)
- Indo-European cognates include Avestan 𐬀𐬊𐬚𐬭𐬀 (aoθra, “shoe”), Latin ex-uō (“to undress, take off”), Old Armenian ագանիմ (aganim).
Noun
*obuvь f
Declension
Declension of *obuvь (i-stem)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *obuvь | *obuvi | *obuvi |
| genitive | *obuvi | *obuvьju, *obuvľu* | *obuvьjь, *obuvi* |
| dative | *obuvi | *obuvьma | *obuvьmъ |
| accusative | *obuvь | *obuvi | *obuvi |
| instrumental | *obuvьjǫ, *obuvľǫ* | *obuvьma | *obuvьmi |
| locative | *obuvi | *obuvьju, *obuvľu* | *obuvьxъ |
| vocative | *obuvi | *obuvi | *obuvi |
* The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).
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Descendants
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- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
References
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (2003), “*obuvь/*obuva”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 30 (*obsojьnikъ – *obvedьnъjь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 252
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “обувь”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress