Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/wīˀtís

This Proto-Balto-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-Balto-Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *wih₁-ti-s, from *weh₁y- (“to twist, wrap”).

Noun

*wīˀtís m[1][2]

something plaited, twisted

Inflection

Declension of *wīˀtís (i-stem, mobile accent)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*wīˀtís	*wī́ˀtīˀ	*wī́ˀtejes
Accusative	*wī́ˀtin	*wī́ˀtīˀ	*wī́ˀtī⁽ˀ⁾ns
Genitive	*wīˀtéis	*wīˀtejáu	*wīˀtejṓn
Locative	*wīˀtḗiˀ	*wīˀtejáu	*wīˀtíšu
Dative	*wī́ˀtei	*wīˀtímā⁽ˀ⁾	*wīˀtímas
Instrumental	*wī́ˀtīˀ (early forms)	*wīˀtímāˀ	*wīˀtímīˀs
Vocative	*wīˀtéi	*wī́ˀtīˀ	*wī́ˀtejes

Descendants

East Baltic:
- Lithuanian: vytìs (“twig”)
Proto-Slavic: *vitь (see there for further descendants)

References

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: “BSl. *wʔitis”
Derksen, Rick (2015), “vytis”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 508: “BSL *wʔitis”

[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: “BSl. *wʔitis”

[2] Derksen, Rick (2015), “vytis”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 508: “BSL *wʔitis”