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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kviliti

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

  • *kvilěti

Etymology

Compare Proto-Germanic *hwīnaną.

Verb

*kviliti

  1. (intransitive) to wail
    Synonyms: *rydati, *vỳti

Inflection

verb
  • *kvěliti

Descendants

  • East Slavic
    • Russian: цвили́ть (cvilítʹ)
    • Ukrainian: квили́ти (kvylýty)
  • South Slavic
  • West Slavic
    • Czech: kvílet, kvílit
    • Polabian: kvéilе (1sg.)
    • Polish: kwilić
    • Slovak: kvíliť
    • Sorbian:
      • Lower Sorbian: kwiliś

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “цвилиться”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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