Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/věno

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 *wēˀdná, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁wed-no-m, from *h₁wed- (“dowry”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ἕδνον (hédnon), Proto-Germanic *wetmô.

Traditionally also compared (per Vasmer, Brückner, Meillet) with Latin vēnum (“sale”), Sanskrit वस्न (vasná, “price”) from Proto-Indo-European *wesno-, but phonetically problematic - the expected outcome from this root would be Proto-Slavic **vesno, as in Proto-Slavic *vesna (“spring”) from Proto-Indo-European *wésr̥.

Noun

*vě̑no n^[1]^[2]

bride-price
Synonym: *pridanь
dowry

Declension

Declension of *vě̑no (hard o-stem, accent paradigm c)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*vě̑no	*vě̑ně	*věnà
genitive	*vě̑na	*věnù	*vě̃nъ
dative	*vě̑nu	*věnomà	*věnòmъ
accusative	*vě̑no	*vě̑ně	*věnà
instrumental	vě̑nъmь, vě̑nomь^*	*věnomà	*věný
locative	*vě̑ně	*věnù	*věně̃xъ
vocative	*vě̑no	*vě̑ně	*věnà

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Derived terms

*věnovati, *věniti (“to give, to pay dowry”)

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: вѣно (věno)
  - Old Ruthenian: вѣно (věno)
    - Belarusian: ве́на (vjéna)
    - Ukrainian: віно́ (vinó)
  - Russian: ве́но (véno)
South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: вено́ (venó), ве́но (véno)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  - Cyrillic script: вѐно, вијѐно
  - Latin script: vèno, vijèno
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: věno
  - Czech: věno
- Old Polish: wieno
  - Polish: wiano
- Slovak: veno
- Sorbian:
  - Upper Sorbian: wěno

References

^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*vě̑no”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 519: “n. o (c?) ‘bride-price’”
^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “věno”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎^[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c (NA 116, 135)”

[1] Derksen, Rick (2008) “*vě̑no”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 519: “n. o (c?) ‘bride-price’”

[2] Olander, Thomas (2001) “věno”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎^[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c (NA 116, 135)”

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