Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/věti

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 1

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *wḗˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weh₁- (to wind, to blow).

Verb

*vě̀ti[1][2]

  1. alternative form of *vě̀jati
Inflection

References

  1. ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “věti: vějǫ vějetь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:a (SA 204, 207; PR 133; MP 23)
  2. ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “vẹ́ti”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si:*vě̋ti in *vě̋jati, sed. *vě̋jǫ

Etymology 2

From the root of Proto-Slavic *větъ (claim).

Noun

*věti m

  1. orator
Alternative forms
  • *větьjь, *větьja (reformed at a later stage)
Declension
Declension of *věti (ī-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *věti *věťi *věťę̇
genitive *věťę̇ *věťu *věťь
dative *věťi *věťama *věťamъ
accusative *věťǫ *věťi *věťę̇
instrumental *věťejǫ, *věťǫ** *věťama *věťami
locative *věťi *věťu *věťasъ, *věťaxъ*
vocative *věťe *věťi *věťę̇

* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Descendants
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic: вѣтьи (větĭi), вѣтии (větii)

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “вития”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “вития”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 154