Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/věťati

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 Proto-Balto-Slavic *waitjāˀtei. Equivalent to *větiti +‎ *-jati, from *větъ +‎ *-iti. Cognate with Old Prussian waitiāt (“to say”). Connections outside of Balto-Slavic unclear.^[1] Possibly related to Avestan 𐬀𐬉𐬚𐬀- (aēθa-, “to verdict”).

In most descendants, this verb merged with Proto-Slavic *věščati (“to prophesy”), from *věščь (“proficient”).

Verb

*věťati impf^[1]

to say, to make a claim, to converse

Inflection

Conjugation of *věťati, *věťa, *věťajetь (impf., -a-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*věťanьje	*věťati	*věťatъ	*věťalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*věťanъ	*věťajemъ
Active	*věťavъ	*věťaję

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*věťaxъ	*věťa	*věťa	*věťajǫ	*věťaješi	*věťajetь
Dual	*věťaxově	*věťasta	*věťaste	*věťajevě	*věťajeta	*věťajete
Plural	*věťaxomъ	*věťaste	*věťašę	*věťajemъ	*věťajete	*věťajǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*věťaaxъ	*věťaaše	*věťaaše	—	*věťaji	*věťaji
Dual	*věťaaxově	*věťaašeta	*věťaašete	*věťajivě	*věťajita	—
Plural	*věťaaxomъ	*věťaašete	*věťaaxǫ	*věťajimъ	*věťajite	—

Derived terms

*otъvěťati (“to answer”)
*oběťati (“to promise, to pledge”)
*privěťati (“to greet”)
- Russian: привеча́ть (privečátʹ)

Related terms

*větъ (“agreement”)
*věťe (“counsil”)
*věti m (“orator”)

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Russian: Pskov dialectal веча́ть (večátʹ, “to shout”)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Cyrillic: вѣщати (věštati, “to say”), 1sg. вѣщаѭ (věštajǫ)
  
  Glagolitic: [Term?]
  - → Old East Slavic: вѣщати (věščati, “to say”)
    - Belarusian: вяшча́ць (vjaščácʹ, “to broadcast (on the radio)”)
    - Russian: веща́ть (veščátʹ, “to broadcast”), 1sg. веща́ю (veščáju)
    - Ukrainian: віща́ти (viščáty) (archaic)
- Bulgarian: веща́я (veštája, “to proclaim”) (archaic)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: ве́ћати
  
  Latin script: véćati
- Slovene: vẹ̄čati (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: *věcěti
- Old Polish: wiecać

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Derksen, Rick (2008) “*větjati”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 520: “v. ‘say’”

[EDSIL-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Derksen, Rick (2008) “*větjati”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 520: “v. ‘say’”

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