Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/obuvь

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

Alternative forms

• *obuva

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *apavas/*apavis, *apauvas/*apauvis.

• ЭССЯ: from *obovь (influenced by *obuti, *obuvati).

Cognate with Lithuanian āpavas (“footwear, shoes”).

• Vasmer: from *obuti (“to put on footwear”), from *ob- +‎ *uti (see *jьz-uti (“to take off (footwear)”)).

Baltic cognates include Lithuanian aũti, aunù, aviaũ (“to wear shoes, put on shoes, to shoe”), apaũti (“to shoe”), Latvian àut, àunu (“to put on shoes”)

Indo-European cognates include Avestan 𐬀𐬊𐬚𐬭𐬀 (aoθra, “shoe”), Latin ex-uō (“to undress, take off”), Old Armenian ագանիմ (aganim).

Noun

*obuvь f

1. footwear, shoes

Declension

Declension of *obuvь (i-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*obuvь	*obuvi	*obuvi
genitive	*obuvi	*obuvьju, *obuvľu*	*obuvьjь, *obuvi*
dative	*obuvi	*obuvьma	*obuvьmъ
accusative	*obuvь	*obuvi	*obuvi
instrumental	*obuvьjǫ, *obuvľǫ*	*obuvьma	*obuvьmi
locative	*obuvi	*obuvьju, *obuvľu*	*obuvьxъ
vocative	*obuvi	*obuvi	*obuvi

^* The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Derived terms

• *obuvina
• *obuvъka
• *obuvьnъ

Related terms

• *obuti
  • *obutěljь
  • *obutina
  • *obuťa (“shoes”)
  • *obutъka / *obutъkъ / *obutъky
  • *obutьje
• *obuvati
  • *obuvadlo
  • *obuvanьje

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: обувь (obuvĭ)
    • Belarusian: вобуў (vóbuŭ)
    • Russian: обувь (obuvʹ)
    • Ukrainian: обув (obuv)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Cyrillic: обоувь (obuvĭ)

    Glagolitic: ⱁⰱⱆⰲⱐ (obuvĭ)

  • Bulgarian: обувка (obuvka)
  • Slovene: obuv
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: obuv
    • Czech: obuv
  • Old Polish: obów
    • Polish: obuwie
  • Slovak: obuv

References

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (2003), “*obuvь/*obuva”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 30 (*obsojьnikъ – *obvedьnъjь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 252
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “обувь”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress