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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/vitь
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *wīˀtis.
Noun
*vitь f[1]
- something plaited, twisted
Inflection
Declension of *vĩtь (i-stem, accent paradigm b)
Singular | Dual | Plural | |
---|---|---|---|
Nominative | *vĩtь | *vītì | *vītì |
Accusative | *vĩtь | *vītì | *vītì |
Genitive | *vĩti | *vĩtьju, *viťu* | *vītь̀jь, *vĩti* |
Locative | *vĩti | *vĩtьju, *viťu* | *vītь̀xъ |
Dative | *vītì | *vĩtьma | *vītь̀mъ |
Instrumental | *vĩtьjǫ, *vĩťǫ* | *vĩtьma | *vĩtьmī |
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).
Related terms
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
- Polish: wić
- Slovak: viť
- Slovincian: vjĩc
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: “f. i”