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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/dъvojьťi

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 *dъva (“two”) +‎ *-o- +‎ *jьti (“to go”) +‎ *-jь.

Adverb

*dъvojьťi[1]

  1. twice (2×)

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: дъвоичи (dŭvoiči), дъвоича (dŭvoiča)
      • Old Ruthenian: дво́йчи (dvójči)
        • Belarusian: дво́йчы (dvójčy)
        • Ukrainian: дві́чі (dvíči); дві́чи (dvíčy), дві́йчи (dvíjčy), дви́чи (dvýčy), дви́чі (dvýči) (dialectal)
      • Russian: дво́йчи (dvójči), дво́йчы (dvójčy), дво́йча (dvójča) (dialectal)
    • Old Novgorodian: дъвоици (dŭvoici)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Glagolitic script: ⰴⱏⰲⱁⰻⱋⰻ (dŭvoišti)
      Old Cyrillic script: дъвоищи (dŭvoišti)
  • West Slavic:

References
  1. Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1978), “*d(ъ)vojьtji”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 5 (*dělo – *dьržьlь), Moscow: Nauka, page 193

Further reading
  • Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1985), “дві́чі”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volumes 2 (Д – Копці), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 18
  • Martynaŭ, V. U., editor (1985), “дво́йчы”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), volumes 3 (га! – інчэ́), Minsk: Navuka i technika, page 131: “прасл.*d(ъ)vojьtji ― prasl.*d(ъ)vójʹtji”
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