jâvîtiês

javiti `show, reveal' [verb];

aviti `show, reveal' [verb]

javít' `show, display' [verb], javljú [1sg], jávit [3sg]

jawić (obs.) `show' [verb]

jáviti `inform' [verb], jȃvīm [1sg];

Čak. jå̑vȉti (Vrgada) `inform?' [verb], jå̃viš [2sg];

Čak. jāvȉt (Vrgada) `(se) greet, answer' [verb], jãve [3sg]

jáviti `announce' [verb], jávim [1sg]

ovytis `appear' [verb], ovijasi [3sg] \{1\}

\{1\} Lith. (arch.) ovytis `appear' derives from the i-stem which must underlie ovyje `in reality'. Fraenkel (I: 519) claims that ovytis `appear; rage' and Latv. âvîtiês `talk nonsense, get up to mischief' are inherited words cognate with óvaidas (< *avi-vaidas) `rowdy, braggart', while Lith. jė́vaidas (< *jeva-vaidas) `ghost' and Latv. jàvîtiês or jâvîtiês `to behave like an idiot' are borrowings from Slavic (see also Anikin: 22). I am not convinced that this solution, which seems to rely exclusively on the presence or absence of j-, is correct. Moreover, it is not obvious that ovytis `appear' and ovytis (also jõvytis) `rage' are cognates. It seems quite possible that Lith. óvaidas must be connected with Ukr. (dial.) jávida `devil', Ru. (dial.) jávidь `snake'.