Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/věxa

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

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weys- (“to produce”)

Noun

*věxa f

  1. bundle?

Declension

Declension of *věxà (hard a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *věxà *věśě *věxy
genitive *věxy *věxu *věxъ
dative *věśě *věxama *věxamъ
accusative *věxǫ *věśě *věxy
instrumental *věxojǫ, *věxǫ** *věxama *věxami
locative *věśě *věxu *věxasъ, *věxaxъ*
vocative *věxo *věśě *věxy

* -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

  • East Slavic:
    • Russian: ве́ха (véxa)
    • Ukrainian: вiха́ (vixá)
  • South Slavic:
    • Slovene: véha (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

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