Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/gotovъ

Etymology
Of unclear origin.

It was suggested (e.g. Kroonen) that the word is borrowed from a reflect of unattested adjective, deverbal adjective from the root of , probably from Gothic, cf. . This view is usually rejected, Pronk-Tiethoff considers a loan possible, but admits that native origin cannot be excluded.

Native origin is prevailing, however, few propositions exist:
 * , unlikely
 * per Kiparsky, from (> 🇨🇬 and derivative 🇨🇬), with  being cognate of 🇨🇬. However, Sorbian words are suspected of being back-formations.
 * some relation with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬
 * from, supine of , for meaning shift cf. 🇨🇬 from . See also . That makes anlaut -o- problematic.

is often compared to 🇨🇬,, but currently these are usually believed to be early loans from Slavic. Some suggested that 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬 are cognates to Slavic which point to 🇨🇬, however, it is usually believed Baltic words are borrowed from Slavic (e.g. on the basis of the accent, Smoczyński considers the Lithuanian word to be a loan from Old Polish).

Adjective

 * 1) finished, completed
 * 2) ready, prepared, arranged
 * 3) ready, willing, decided

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