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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/viti
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *wīˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *weh₁y-. Cognates with Latvian vît, Lithuanian výti, Latin viere.
Verb
*vìti impf[1][2][3]
- to bend, to twist
Conjugation
Conjugation of *viti, *vi(tъ), *vьjetь (impf., -V-, t-aorist, accent paradigm ?)
| Verbal noun | Infinitive | Supine | L-participle |
|---|---|---|---|
| *vitьje | *viti | *vitъ | *vilъ |
| Participles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tense | Past | Present |
| Passive | *vitъ | *vьjemъ |
| Active | *vivъ | *vьję |
| Aorist | Present | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *vixъ | *vi(tъ) | *vi(tъ) | *vьjǫ | *vьješi | *vьjetь |
| Dual | *vixově | *vista | *viste | *vьjevě | *vьjeta | *vьjete |
| Plural | *vixomъ | *viste | *višę | *vьjemъ | *vьjete | *vьjǫtь |
| Imperfect | Imperative | |||||
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *vьjaaxъ | *vьjaaše | *vьjaaše | — | *vьji | *vьji |
| Dual | *vьjaaxově | *vьjaašeta | *vьjaašete | *vьjivě | *vьjita | — |
| Plural | *vьjaaxomъ | *vьjaašete | *vьjaaxǫ | *vьjimъ | *vьjite | — |
Derived terms
- Verbs:
- *perviti (“to fold”)
- *zaviti (“to turn around”)
- *naviti (“to coil, to curl”)
- *poviti (“to wrap, to envelop”)
- *jьzviti (“to bend, to curve”)
- *orzviti (“to develop”)
- Nominals:
- *obilьje (“abundance”) (from an earlier *obvilьje)
- *vidla (“pitchfork”)
- *vitь (“twist, knot”)
- *vina (“guilt, blame”)
- *vila (“nymph”)
- *vojь (“turn, curving”)
Related terms
- *vixъrъ (“gust, wind”)
- *věnьcь (“wreath”)
- *věťati (“to predict”)
- *větъ (“claim, talk”)
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: вити (viti)
- Old Ruthenian: вити (viti)
- Old Belarusian: вити (viti)
- Belarusian: віць (vicʹ)
- Ukrainian: ви́ти (výty)
- Old Belarusian: вити (viti)
- Russian: вить (vitʹ)
- Old Ruthenian: вити (viti)
- Old East Slavic: вити (viti)
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Old Cyrillic: вити (viti)
- Glagolitic: ⰲⰻⱅⰻ (viti)
- Bulgarian: ви́я (víja)
- Macedonian: ви́е (víe)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: ви̏ти
- Latin: vȉti
- Slovene: víti (tonal orthography)
- Old Church Slavonic:
- West Slavic:
- Old Czech: víti
- Czech: vít
- Old Polish: wić
- Polish: wić
- Slovak: viť
- Sorbian:
- Lower Sorbian: wiś
- Upper Sorbian: wić
- Old Czech: víti
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “вить”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
References
- Derksen, Rick (2008), “*viti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 522: “v. ‘twist, wind’”
- Olander, Thomas (2001), “viti: vijǫ vijetь”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c (SA 204, 212f., 231, 233, 237; PR 139)”
- Snoj, Marko (2016), “víti1”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar3 (in Slovene), https://fran.si: “*vi̋ti, sed. *vȋjǫ in *vь̏jǫ”