Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/Vęťeslavъ

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 *vęťьjь (“greater, more”) +‎ *slàva (“glory, fame”).

Proper noun

*Vęťeslàvъ m

a male given name, Wenceslaus

Declension

Declension of *Vęťeslavъ (hard o-stem)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*Vęťeslavъ	*Vęťeslava	*Vęťeslavi
genitive	*Vęťeslava	*Vęťeslavu	*Vęťeslavъ
dative	*Vęťeslavu	*Vęťeslavoma	*Vęťeslavomъ
accusative	*Vęťeslavъ	*Vęťeslava	*Vęťeslavy
instrumental	Vęťeslavъmь, Vęťeslavomь^*	*Vęťeslavoma	*Vęťeslavy
locative	*Vęťeslavě	*Vęťeslavu	*Vęťeslavěxъ
vocative	*Vęťeslave	*Vęťeslava	*Vęťeslavi

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Related terms

(1=*vęťьjь)
- *Vęťeslavъ

(2=*slava)
- *Boguslavъ; *Boguslava / *Bogoslavъ; *Bogoslava
- *Bojeslavъ
- *Boľeslavъ
- *Borislavъ; *Borislava
- *Bornislavъ
- *Bręťislavъ ?
- *Budislavъ; *Budislava
- *Časlavъ
- *Dobroslavъ
- *Dorgoslavъ
- *Gostislavъ
- *Gordislavъ
- *Gořeslavъ / *Gorislavъ
- *Jьstislavъ
- *Jьzęslavъ
- *Jaroslàvъ; *Jaroslàva
- *Krěsislavъ
- *Ľubislavъ
- *Ľuboslavъ
- *Ludislavъ
- *Manislavъ
- *Miloslavъ / *Milislavъ
- *Miroslavъ
- *Mojьslavъ
- *Mьstislavъ
- *Mьrčislavъ
- *Něgoslavъ
- *Ordoslavъ; *Ordoslava / *Radoslavъ; *Radoslava
- *Orstislavъ; *Orstislava
- *Orzslavъ ?
- *Stanislavъ
- *Svętoslavъ
- *Tvьrdislavъ
- *Vęťeslàvъ
- *Věroslavъ
- *Xodislavъ
- *Xornislavъ
- *Xotislavъ
- *Xvalislavъ
- *Zořeslavъ
- *Žiroslavъ

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: Вѧчеславъ (Vęčeslavŭ), Вѧчьславъ (Vęčĭslavŭ)
  - Middle Russian: Вѧчеславъ (Vjačeslav), Вечеславъ (Večeslav)
    - Russian: Вячесла́в (Vjačesláv) (see there for further descendants)
  - Old Ruthenian: Вѧчеславъ (Vjačeslav)
    - Belarusian: Вячасла́ў (Vjačasláŭ), Вацлаў (Vaclaŭ)
    - Carpathian Rusyn: Вячесла́в (Vjačesláv)
    - Ukrainian: В'ячесла́в (Vʺjačesláv), Вячесла́в (Vjačesláv)
- Old Novgorodian: Вѧцеславе (Vęćeslave)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  - Church Slavonic: Вѧцеславъ (Vęceslavŭ) (Russian)
  - Bulgarian: Венцеслав (Venceslav)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: Већеслав, Вјенцеслав
  
  Latin script: Većeslav, Vjenceslav
- Slovene: Venčeslav
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: *Vęčeslav, Vácslav
  - Czech: Václav
  - → Latin: Venceslaus
    - French: Venceslas
    - Italian: Venceslao, Vinceslao, Vincislao
    - Portuguese: Venceslau, Wenceslau
    - Spanish: Wenceslao
      - → Cebuano: Wenceslao
    - → English: Wenceslaus, Wenceslas
    - → German: Wenceslaus, Wenzel
    - → Hungarian: Vencel
- Polish: Więcesław, Więcsław, Więcław, Więsław, Wacław
  - → Old Ruthenian: Вѧтславъ (Vjatslav)
- Slovak: Václav