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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/-ivo

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

Resulted from the fossilization of proto-Indo-European *-wós, one of the Caland system's suffixes, attached to yé-denominative (e.g. in the case of *bělivo (“bleach”) ← *běliti ← *bělъ) or éye-causative (e.g. in the case of *gorivo (“fuel”) ← *gorěti) verbs.

The original suffix survives in adjectives like *lěvъ (“left”) (ultimately from the same proto-root as *lajati (“to ambush, to lurk”)) and nouns like *glěvъ (“slime”) or *griva (“mane”).

Suffix

*-ivo n

  1. Forms instrumental and resultant terms from verb stems:
    *melivo ← *melti
    *prędivo ← *pręsti
    *mazivo ← *mazati?
    *lazivo ← *laziti
    *sętivo ← *sętiti
    *sěčivo ← *sěťi

Declension

Derived terms

Proto-Slavic terms suffixed with *-ivo

Descendants

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