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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/vě
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *wḗ/*wéh₁ (“we two”), the nominative dual of *éǵ(h₂), *eǵHóm, *eǵóh₂ (“I”).
Pronoun
*vě̑
- we two
Declension
Declension of the personal pronouns
Singular | 1st person | 2nd person | Reflexive |
---|---|---|---|
Nominative | *(j)ãzъ, *ja̋ | *ty | — |
Accusative | *mę | *tę | *sę |
Genitive | *mene | *tebe | *sebe |
Locative | *mьně | *tebě | *sebě |
Dative | *mьně, *mi | *tebě, *ti | *sebě, *si |
Instrumental | *mъnojǫ | *tobojǫ | *sobojǫ |
Possessive | *mojь | *tvojь | *svojь |
Dual | 1st person | 2nd person | Reflexive |
Nominative | *vě | *va | — |
Accusative | *na | *va | *sę |
Genitive | *naju | *vaju | *sebe |
Locative | *naju | *vaju | *sebě |
Dative | *nama | *vama | *sebě, *si |
Instrumental | *nama | *vama | *sobojǫ |
Possessive | *našь | *vašь | *svojь |
Plural | 1st person | 2nd person | Reflexive |
Nominative | *my | *vy | — |
Accusative | *ny | *vy | *sę |
Genitive | *nasъ | *vasъ | *sebe |
Locative | *nasъ | *vasъ | *sebě |
Dative | *namъ | *vamъ | *sebě, *si |
Instrumental | *nami | *vami | *sobojǫ |
Possessive | *našь | *vašь | *svojь |
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: вѣ (vě)
- South Slavic:
- Middle Bulgarian: вѣ (vě)
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Cyrillic: вѣ (vě)
- Glagolitic: ⰲⱑ (vě)
- Serbo-Croatian: -vo (Bednja Kajkavian, possibly)
- West Slavic:
- Old Czech: vě (C14)
- Old Czech: va (C15, by analogy to the new verbal 1st person ending -va instead of the older -vě, also to the number dva)
- Old Polish: wa (same analogy as in Czech)
- Kashubian: ma < *va < vě (same analogy as in Czech, m- due to influence of the plural form)
- Slovincian: vã (same analogy as in Kashubian)
- Sorbian:
- Upper Sorbian: wi (dialectal, secondary -i by analogy to the o-stem plural desinence -i)
- wej (by analogy to the new verbal 1st person ending -ej, or to other pronouns such as tej and wonej)
- Upper Sorbian: wi (dialectal, secondary -i by analogy to the o-stem plural desinence -i)
- Old Czech: vě (C14)