vъtorъjь

vъtorъjь Grammatical information: num. o Proto-Slavic meaning: `second, secondary

Old Church Slavic:

vъtorъ `second, secondary' [num o] \{1\}

Russian:

vtorój `second, secondary' [num o] \{2\}

Ukrainian:

vtóryj `second, secondary' [num o]

Polish:

wtóry (arch.) `second, secondary' [num o]

Slovene:

vtóri `second' [num o]

Indo-European reconstruction: (h1)ui-tor-o-

Comments: The PIE form may have had initial *h₁- < *d- as a result of dissimilation before a following dental. It is not very likely that the PIE form was *n-toro-, with an unparallelled zero grade of the root reflected in Lith. añtras `second', etc.

Other cognates:

Skt. vitarám (RV) `again, further' [adv];

YAv. vītarǝm `further' [adv]

Notes:

\{1\} The variant vьtor- only occurs in the Codex Suprasliensis, where we have vьtorěěmь Lsg.m. against 12 occurrences of vъtor-. In the Codex Assemanianus, there are two occurrences of vьtoricejǫ `for the second time'. \{2\} AP (a) - vъtórъjь - in Old Russian (Zaliznjak 1985: 133).