Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/aviti

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-Indo-European *h₂ew- (“to perceive, see, be aware of”).

Baltic cognates include Lithuanian ovytis (“to appear”). Wider cognates include Proto-Germanic *awiz (“obvious”) and Sanskrit आविस् (āvís, “manifestly, evidently”).

Verb

*avìti^[1]^[2]

to show, to reveal, to let know

Inflection

Conjugation of *aviti, *avi, *avitь (?, -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm c)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*avľenьje	*aviti	*avitъ	*avilъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*avľenъ	*avimъ
Active	*avľь	*avę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*avixъ	*avi	*avi	*avľǫ	*aviši	*avitь
Dual	*avixově	*avista	*aviste	*avivě	*avita	*avite
Plural	*avixomъ	*aviste	*avišę	*avimъ	*avite	*avętь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*avľaaxъ	*avľaaše	*avľaaše	—	*avi	*avi
Dual	*avľaaxově	*avľaašeta	*avľaašete	*avivě	*avita	—
Plural	*avľaaxomъ	*avľaašete	*avľaaxǫ	*avimъ	*avite	—

(*)*avivъ is a later doublet of the past active participle

Related terms

*avьnъ (“obvious, apparent”)
*avitъ (“revealed, apparent”)

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: ꙗвити (javiti)
  - Old Ruthenian: ꙗви́ти (javíti)
    - ⇒ Belarusian: заяві́ць (zajavícʹ)
    - Ukrainian: яви́ти (javýty)
  - Russian: яви́ть (javítʹ)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic: авити (aviti)
- Bulgarian: явя́ (javjá)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: ја́вити
  
  Latin script: jáviti
  - Chakavian (Vrgada): jā̊vȉti
- Slovene: jáviti se
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: jěviti
  - Czech: jevit
- Polabian: vüöb-óvе
- Polish: jawić się
- Slovak: javiť
- Sorbian:
  - Upper Sorbian: zjewić
  - Lower Sorbian: zjawiś

References

^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*avìti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 30: “v. ‘show’”
^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “avjǫ -iti”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎^[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c (SA 240, 257; PR 140)”

[1] Derksen, Rick (2008) “*avìti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 30: “v. ‘show’”

[2] Olander, Thomas (2001) “avjǫ -iti”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎^[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c (SA 240, 257; PR 140)”

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