Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/zěviti

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

From *zě- +‎ *-iti. The root is the same as in *zěvati.

Verb

*zěviti[1]

  1. to yawn, to open one's mouth wide

Derived terms

verbs
Proto-Slavic terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ǵʰeh₂- (0 c, 13 e)

References

  1. ^ Zhuravlyov, A. F., editor (2010), “*orz(ъ)zěviti (sę)”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 36 (*orz(ъ)zeleněti/*orz(ъ)zeleniti (sę) – *otъgrěbati (sę)), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 9
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