Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/věnьcь

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 *waiˀníkas, from Proto-Indo-European *woyh₁níkos.

See also Lithuanian vainikas (garland), Latvian vainags (crown, wreath), vaîņuks (dialectal) (cognate with Proto-Slavic *věnъkъ).

Noun

*věnь̀cь m[1]

  1. wreath, garland

Alternative forms

Declension

Declension of *věnь̀cь (soft o-stem, accent paradigm b)
singular dual plural
nominative *věnь̀cь *věnьcà *věnьcì
genitive *věnьcà *věnьcù *věnь̀cь
dative *věnьcù *věnьcèma *věnь̀cemъ
accusative *věnь̀cь *věnьcà *věnьcę̇̀
instrumental *věnьcь̀mь, *věnьcèmь* *věnьcèma *věnь̀ci
locative *věnьcì *věnьcù *věnь̀cixъ
vocative *věnьče *věnьcà *věnьcì

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

Derived terms

  • *věnьčati (to put wreath onto, to merry)
  • *věnьčidlo (wedding ceremony)
  • *viti (to twist, to turn, to wind)
  • *věja, *vějьka (twig)
  • *věňe (branch)
  • *větь (sapling), *větvь (sallow)

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: вѣньць (věnĭcĭ)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic script: вѣньць (věnĭcĭ)
      Glagolitic script: ⰲⱑⱀⱐⱌⱐ (věnĭcĭ)
    • Bulgarian: вене́ц (venéc, wreath; rim, oral gum)
    • Macedonian: венец (venec)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: ве́нац
      Latin script: vénac
    • Slovene: vénəc (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “венец”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “венец”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 133

References

  1. ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “vénec”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si:Pslovan. *věnьcь̏
  2. ^ Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (1999), “вѣнець”, in Словник української мови XVI – 1-ї пол. XVII ст. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language of 16ᵗʰ – 1ˢᵗ half of 17ᵗʰ c.] (in Ukrainian), numbers 6 (выпросити – головный), Lviv: KIUS, →ISBN, page 139
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    Zhurawski, A. I., editor (1983), “вѣнецъ”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 3 (вариво – вкупе), Minsk: Navuka i tekhnika, page 102