Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/vъtorъ

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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

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

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *(h₁)witoros. Cognate with Sanskrit वितरम् (vitarám, again, further), Avestan 𐬬𐬍𐬙𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬨 (vītarəm, further).

Alternatively, from an older *vъntorъ (where the first part comes from Proto-Slavic *vъn), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *ántaras, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂énteros. In this case, cognate with Latvian otrs, Lithuanian añtras, añtaras (dialectal), Old Prussian antars.

Adjective

*vъtorъ

  1. second, secondary

Declension

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Descendants

References

  • Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 532
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “второ́й”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress