Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/věťe

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

Related to Proto-Slavic *větъ (talk, claim), formed with the suffix *-je.[1]

Noun

*vě̑ťe n[2][1]

  1. council, veche

Inflection

Declension of *vě̑ťe (soft o-stem, accent paradigm c)
singular dual plural
nominative *vě̑ťe *vě̑ťi *věťà
genitive *vě̑ťa *věťù *vě̃ťь
dative *vě̑ťu *věťemà *věťémъ
accusative *vě̑ťe *vě̑ťi *věťà
instrumental *vě̑ťьmь, *vě̑ťemь* *věťemà *věťí
locative *vě̑ťi *věťù *věťíxъ
vocative *vě̑ťe *vě̑ťi *věťà

* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

  • *věťati (to discuss)
    • *sъvěťanьje (conference, consultation)
  • *věti m (orator)

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: вѣ́че (vě́če)
    • Old Novgorodian: вѣ́че (vě́će)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic script: вѣщє (věšte)
      Glagolitic script: ⰲⱑⱋⰵ (věšte)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: ве́ће
      Latin script: vijéće
    • Slovene: vẹ̄ča (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “вече”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Snoj, Marko (2016) “vẹ̄ča”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si:Pslovan. *vět'ȅ (ali *vě̋t'e)
  2. ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “větje”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:c (NA 117)