Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/govoriti

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-SlavicEdit

EtymologyEdit

From *govorъ +‎ *-iti, an extension of Proto-Indo-European *gewH- + *-oriti. Cognate with Sanskrit जोगुवे (jóguve, to call, to invoke), Ancient Greek γόος (góos, wailing, weeping).

VerbEdit

*govorìti impf[1][2]

  1. to speak, to talk

ConjugationEdit

DescendantsEdit

Further readingEdit

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008), “*govorìti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 181: “v. ‘speak, talk’”
  2. ^ Olander, Thomas (2001), “govoriti: govorjǫ govoritь”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c tale (PR 139)”