Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/vitь

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 *wīˀtis.

Noun

*vitь f[1]

  1. twig, osier

Inflection

Declension of *vĩtь (i-stem, accent paradigm b)
singular dual plural
nominative *vĩtь *vītì *vītì
genitive *vĩti *vĩtьju, *viťu* *vītь̀jь, *vĩti*
dative *vītì *vĩtьma *vītь̀mъ
accusative *vĩtь *vītì *vītì
instrumental *vĩtьjǫ, *vĩťǫ* *vĩtьma *vĩtьmī
locative *vĩti *vĩtьju, *viťu* *vītь̀xъ
vocative *viti *vītì *vītì

* 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).

Proto-Slavic terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *weh₁y- (0 c, 4 e)

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Russian: вить (vitʹ)
  • South Slavic:
    • Serbo-Croatian: pȁvit
    • Slovene: vȋt (tonal orthography) (obsolete)
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: vít
    • Old Polish: wić
    • Slovak: viť
    • Slovincian: wjic

References

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*vitь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 522:f. i