Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/otъvoriti

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

• *otvorìti

Etymology

Causative/iterative from *otъverti (“to open”); see there for etymology.

Verb

otъvorìti

1. to open

Inflection

Conjugation of *otъvoriti, *otъvori, *otъvoritь (?, -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm b)

Suffix: *-iti
― iterative (*nositi⇐*nesti)
― causative (*pojiti⇐*piti)
― ...

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*otъvořenьje	*otъvoriti	*otъvoritъ	*otъvorilъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*otъvořenъ	*otъvorimъ
Active	*otъvořь	*otъvorę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*otъvorixъ	*otъvori	*otъvori	*otъvořǫ	*otъvoriši	*otъvoritь
Dual	*otъvorixově	*otъvorista	*otъvoriste	*otъvorivě	*otъvorita	*otъvorite
Plural	*otъvorixomъ	*otъvoriste	*otъvorišę	*otъvorimъ	*otъvorite	*otъvorętь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*otъvořaaxъ	*otъvořaaše	*otъvořaaše	—	*otъvori	*otъvori
Dual	*otъvořaaxově	*otъvořaašeta	*otъvořaašete	*otъvorivě	*otъvorita	—
Plural	*otъvořaaxomъ	*otъvořaašete	*otъvořaaxǫ	*otъvorimъ	*otъvorite	—

Notes:
• (*)*otъvorivъ is a later doublet of the past active participle

Related terms

• *obora (“string, twine”)
• *obòra, *obòrъ (“enclosure”)
• *otъverti (“to open”)
• *proverti (“to stick through”)
• *zaverti (“to close, to enclose”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: отворити (otvoriti)
    • Russian: отвори́ть (otvorítʹ)
    • Ukrainian: отвори́ти (otvorýty) (dialectal)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Cyrillic: отворити (otvoriti)

    Glagolitic: [Term?]

  • Bulgarian: отво́ря (otvórja)
  • Macedonian: отвори (otvori)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: отво̀рити

    Latin script: otvòriti

  • Slovene: otvoríti (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: otvořiti
    • Czech: otvořiti (obsolete), otvořiť (dialectal), otvoric (dialectal)
  • Polabian: (wittöhr, vitör (“open the door”, imperative))
  • Old Polish: otworzyć
    • Masurian: ôtworżicz
    • Polish: otworzyć
    • Silesian: ôtworzić
  • Slovak: otvoriť
  • Pomeranian:
    • Kashubian: òtwòrzëc (rare)
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: wótworiś

References

• Derksen, Rick (2008) “*ot(ъ)verti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 382
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “отвори́ть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Zhuravlyov, A. F., editor (2014), “*otъvoriti (sę)”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 39 (*otъtęti – *ozgǫba), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 110