Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/otъvorъ

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

• *otъvorа

Etymology

By surface analysis, deverbal from *otъvoriti, itself a causative/iterative form of *otъverti (“to open”).

Noun

*otъvorъ m

1. opening

Declension

Declension of *otъvorъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*otъvorъ	*otъvora	*otъvori
genitive	*otъvora	*otъvoru	*otъvorъ
dative	*otъvoru	*otъvoroma	*otъvoromъ
accusative	*otъvorъ	*otъvora	*otъvory
instrumental	*otъvorъmь, *otъvoromь*	*otъvoroma	*otъvory
locative	*otъvorě	*otъvoru	*otъvorěxъ
vocative	*otъvore	*otъvora	*otъvori

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old Ruthenian: отворъ (otvor)
    • Ukrainian: о́твір (ótvir)
  • Russian: отво́р (otvór) (dialectal)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: отво́р (otvór)
  • Macedonian: отвор (otvor)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: о̀твор

    Latin script: òtvor

• West Slavic:
  • Czech: otvor
  • Polish: otwór
  • Slovak: otvor
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: wótwor