Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/divota

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 1

From *divъ (“delightful, astonishing, unusual”) +‎ *-ota and deverbal from *diviti.

Noun

*divota f^[1]

admiration, delight, astonishment
that which causes delight, astonishment

Declension

Declension of *divota (hard a-stem)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*divota	*divotě	*divoty
genitive	*divoty	*divotu	*divotъ
dative	*divotě	*divotama	*divotamъ
accusative	*divotǫ	*divotě	*divoty
instrumental	divotojǫ, divotǫ^**	*divotama	*divotami
locative	*divotě	*divotu	divotasъ, divotaxъ^*
vocative	*divoto	*divotě	*divoty

^* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
^** 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).

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Belarusian: (colloquial) дзіво́ты pl (dzivóty)
- Ukrainian: диво́та (dyvóta)
South Slavic:
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: диво̀та
  
  Latin script: divòta
- Slovene: (obsolete) divóta
West Slavic:
- Czech: (dialectal) divota
- Polish: (dialectal) dziwota
  - ⇒ Polish: nie dziwota
- ⇒ Slovak: nie divota
- Pomeranian:
  - Kashubian: dzëwota

References

^ Sławski, Franciszek, editor (1979), “divota 1.”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volume 3 (davьnъ – dobirati sę), Wrocław: Ossolineum, →ISBN, page 223

Etymology 2

From *divъ (“feral, wild”) +‎ *-ota.

Noun

*divota f^[1]^[2]

wildness
Synonym: *divьjeta

Declension

Declension of *divota (hard a-stem)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*divota	*divotě	*divoty
genitive	*divoty	*divotu	*divotъ
dative	*divotě	*divotama	*divotamъ
accusative	*divotǫ	*divotě	*divoty
instrumental	divotojǫ, divotǫ^**	*divotama	*divotami
locative	*divotě	*divotu	divotasъ, divotaxъ^*
vocative	*divoto	*divotě	*divoty

^* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
^** 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).

Descendants

South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: дивота́ (divotá)
- ⇒ Macedonian: дивотина (divotina)
West Slavic:
- Czech: (dialectal) divota
- Slovak: (rare) divota
- Pomeranian:
  - ⇒ Kashubian: dzëwotka
  - Slovincian: dzëwôta

References

^ Sławski, Franciszek, editor (1979), “divota 2.”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volume 3 (davьnъ – dobirati sę), Wrocław: Ossolineum, →ISBN, page 223
^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1978), “*divota”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 5 (*dělo – *dьržьlь), Moscow: Nauka, page 34

[1] Sławski, Franciszek, editor (1979), “divota 1.”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volume 3 (davьnъ – dobirati sę), Wrocław: Ossolineum, →ISBN, page 223

[2] Sławski, Franciszek, editor (1979), “divota 2.”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volume 3 (davьnъ – dobirati sę), Wrocław: Ossolineum, →ISBN, page 223

[3] Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1978), “*divota”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 5 (*dělo – *dьržьlь), Moscow: Nauka, page 34

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