Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/vędnǫti

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

Per Derksen, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)wendʰ-. Cognate with Proto-Slavic *svędnǫti, Old High German swintan (“to shrink, to fade”), German schwinden (“to shrink, to fade”), Old English swindan (“to subside, to fade”).

Verb

*vę̀dnǫti impf

to fade, to wither

Inflection

Conjugation of *vędnǫti, *vęde, *vędnetь (impf., -C/n-, _/ox-aorist, accent paradigm a)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*vędenьje	*vędnǫti	*vędnǫtъ	*vędlъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*vędenъ	*vędnomъ
Active	*vędъ	*vędny

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*vęd(ox)ъ	*vęde	*vęde	*vędnǫ	*vędneši	*vędnetь
Dual	*vęd(ox)ově	*vęd(e/os)ta	*vęd(e/os)te	*vędnevě	*vędneta	*vędnete
Plural	*vęd(ox)omъ	*vęd(e/os)te	vędǫ, vędošę	*vędnemъ	*vędnete	*vędnǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*vędněaxъ	*vędněaše	*vędněaše	—	*vędni	*vędni
Dual	*vędněaxově	*vędněašeta	*vędněašete	*vędněvě	*vędněta	—
Plural	*vędněaxomъ	*vędněašete	*vędněaxǫ	*vędněmъ	*vędněte	—

Related terms

*svędnǫti (“to wither”)
*vǫditi

Derived terms

*uvędnǫti

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: вѧнѫти (vęnǫti)
  - Belarusian: вя́нуць (vjánucʹ)
  - Russian: вя́нуть (vjánutʹ)
  - Ukrainian: в'я́нути (vʺjánuty)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Cyrillic: compare оувѩдати (uvjędati)
  
  Glagolitic: [Term?]
- Bulgarian: ве́хна (véhna)
- Macedonian: вене (vene)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: ве̏нути
  
  Latin script: vȅnuti
  - Chakavian (Vrgada): vȅnuti, 2sg. vȅneš
  - Chakavian (Hvar): vȅnut, 1sg. vȅnen
- Slovene: vẹ́niti (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: vadnúti
  - Czech: vadnout
- Polish: więdnąć
- Slovak: vädnúť
- Sorbian:
  - Upper Sorbian: wjadnyć

References

Derksen, Rick (2008) “*vę̀dnǫti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 520
Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “вя́нуть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress