Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/obuvь

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed words 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

*obuva

Etymology

ЭССЯ: from *obovь (influenced by *obuti, *obuvati).

Cognate with Lithuanian āpavas (“footwear, shoes”).

Vasmer: from *obuti (“to put on footwear”), from *ob- +‎ *uti (see *jьz-uti (“to take off (footwear)”)).

Baltic cognates include Lithuanian aũti, aunù, aviaũ (“to wear shoes, put on shoes, to shoe”), apaũti (“to shoe”), Latvian àut, àunu (“to put on shoes”)

Indo-European cognates include Avestan 𐬀𐬊𐬚𐬭𐬀‎ (aoθra, “shoe”), Latin ex-uō (“to undress, take off”), Old Armenian ագանիմ (aganim).

Noun

*obuvь f

footwear, shoes

Declension

Declension of *obuvь (i-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*obuvь	*obuvi	*obuvi
Accusative	*obuvь	*obuvi	*obuvi
Genitive	*obuvi	obuvьju, obuvľu^*	obuvьjь, obuvi^*
Locative	*obuvi	obuvьju, obuvľu^*	*obuvьxъ
Dative	*obuvi	*obuvьma	*obuvьmъ
Instrumental	obuvьjǫ, obuvľǫ^*	*obuvьma	*obuvьmi
Vocative	*obuvi	*obuvi	*obuvi

^* The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Derived terms

*obuvina
*obuvъka
*obuvьnъ

Related terms

*obuti
- *obutěljь
- *obutina
- *obuťa
- *obutъka / *obutъkъ / *obutъky
- *obutьje

*obuvati
- *obuvadlo
- *obuvanьje

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: обувь (obuvĭ)
  - Belarusian: вобуў (vóbuŭ)
  - Russian: обувь (obuvʹ)
  - Ukrainian: обув (obuv)

South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Cyrillic: обоувь (obuvĭ)
  
  Glagolitic: ⱁⰱⱆⰲⱐ (obuvĭ)
- Slovene: obuv

West Slavic:
- Old Czech: obuv
  - Czech: obuv
- Old Polish: obuw, obów
  - Polish: obuwie n
- Slovak: obuv

References

Trubačóv, Oleg, editor (2003), “*obuvь/*obuva”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ slavjanskix jazykov [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), volume 30, Moscow: Nauka, page 252
Vasmer (Fasmer), Max (Maks) (1964–1973), “обувь”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv Oleg, Moscow: Progress

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