Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/opekati

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 *opeťi +‎ *-ati.

Verb

*opekati impf[1]

  1. frequentative of *opeťi (to bake (to subject to high temperatures in an oven, on a grill etc., in order to produce or prepare a food to eat))
  2. (reflexive with *sę) frequentative of *opeťi (to burn, to scald (to injure oneself with heat or chemicals that produce similar damage))
  3. (reflexive with *sę) frequentative of *opeťi (to care for, to look after, to take care of)

Inflection

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old Ruthenian: опекати (opekati)
      • Belarusian: апяка́ць (apjakácʹ)
      • Ukrainian: опіка́ти (opikáty)
    • Russian: опека́ть (opekátʹ)
  • South Slavic:
    • Slovene: opẹ̑kati (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: opiekati
      • Czech: opekat, opěkat
    • Old Polish: opiekać
    • Old Slovak: opekať
      • Slovak: opekať

References

  1. ^ Sławski, Franciszek, editor (1974), “Suf. -unъ”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volume 1 (a – bьzděti), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 134

Further reading

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (2001), “obpekati (sę)/obpěkati (sę)”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 28 (*oblězti – *obpovědanьje), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 174
  • Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000), “opiekać się”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), volume 418, page 2