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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/životъ

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 *gīˀwatás, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wotós. Morphologically as if *živъ (“alive”) +‎ *-otъ.

Baltic cognates are Lithuanian gyvatà (“life”) and Old Prussian giwato (“life”).

Indo-European cognates are Latin vīta (from *gʷih₃woteh₂), Sanskrit जीवित (jīvitá, “life”) and Ancient Greek βίοτος (bíotos).

Noun

*živòtъ m[1]

  1. life
  2. belly

Inflection
Declension of *živòtъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm b)
singular dual plural
nominative *živòtъ *životà *životì
genitive *životà *životù *živòtъ
dative *životù *životòma *životòmъ
accusative *živòtъ *životà *životỳ
instrumental *životъ̀mь, *životòmь* *životòma *živòty
locative *životě̀ *životù *živòtěxъ
vocative *živote *životà *životì
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Cyrillic: животъ (životŭ, “life; animal”)
      Glagolitic: ⰶⰹⰲⱁⱅⱏ (životŭ, “life; animal”)
    • Bulgarian: живо́т (živót, “life”)
    • Macedonian: жи́вот (žívot, “life”)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: жѝвот (“life”)
      Latin script: žìvot (“life, waist”)
      • Chakavian (Vrgada): živȍt
      • Chakavian (Orbanići): živȍt
      • Kajkavian (Bednja): žēīvȅt
    • Slovene: živòt (“life; body”)
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: život
    • Kashubian: żót (“belly”), żëwòt (“life”)
    • Polabian: zaivăt (“life”)
    • Polish: żywot (“life, abdomen”)
    • Slovak: život (“life, abdomen”)
    • Sorbian:
      • Lower Sorbian: žywot (“belly, body”)
      • Upper Sorbian: žiwot (“belly, body”)

Further reading
  • Gluhak, Alemko (1993) “Proto-Slavic/životъ”, in Hrvatski etimološki rječnik [Croatian Etymology Dictionary] (in Serbo-Croatian), Zagreb: August Cesarec, →ISBN, page 710
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “живот”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008) “*živòtъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 563
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