Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/věsiti

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

See *visěti.

Verb

*věsiti

  1. (transitive) to hang (to cause to be suspended)

Inflection

noun
  • *věsъ

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Belarusian: паве́сіць (pavjésicʹ)
    • Russian: ве́сить (vésitʹ)
    • Ukrainian: ві́сити (vísyty)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: věsit (rare)
    • Old Polish: wiesić
      • Middle Polish: wiesić, *wiessić, *więsić
    • Polabian: vibesĕt
    • Slovak: vesiť
    • Sorbian:
      • Upper Sorbian: wjesyć

Further reading

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