Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/nevěsta

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 *ne- +‎ *věděti.

Noun

*nevěsta f

  1. bride

Declension

Declension of *nevě̀sta (hard a-stem, accent paradigm a)
singular dual plural
nominative *nevě̀sta *nevě̀stě *nevě̀sty
genitive *nevě̀sty *nevě̀stu *nevě̀stъ
dative *nevě̀stě *nevě̀stama *nevě̀stamъ
accusative *nevě̀stǫ *nevě̀stě *nevě̀sty
instrumental *nevě̀stojǫ, *nevě̀stǭ** *nevě̀stama *nevě̀stamī
locative *nevě̀stě *nevě̀stu *nevě̀stasъ, *nevě̀staxъ*
vocative *nevě̀sto *nevě̀stě *nevě̀sty

* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: невѣста (nevěsta)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

  • Derksen, Rick (2008) “*nevě̀sta”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 351
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1999), “*nevěsta”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 25 (*neroditi – *novotьnъ(jь)), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 70
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “неве́ста”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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