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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/vějь
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
Action noun, from *vějati + *-ъ or from *věti (“to wind, to blow wind”) + *-jь, attested indirectly in derivatives. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weh₁- (“to blow”). Technically reflects Proto-Balto-Slavic *wḗˀjas (“wind”) with cognates Lithuanian vė́jas, Latvian vẽjš, however, it is hard to tell if the Slavic descendants directly continue the Balto-Slavic lemma or were formed afterwards. Further akin to Sanskrit वायु (vāyu, “wind, air”).
Noun
*vějь m
- wind, gush of air
Declension
Declension of *vějь (soft o-stem)
Singular | Dual | Plural | |
---|---|---|---|
Nominative | *vějь | *věja | *věji |
Accusative | *vějь | *věja | *věję̇ |
Genitive | *věja | *věju | *vějь |
Locative | *věji | *věju | *vějixъ |
Dative | *věju | *vějema | *vějemъ |
Instrumental | *vějьmь, *vějemь* | *vějema | *věji |
Vocative | *věju | *věja | *věji |
* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.
Derived terms
- *navějь (“ripple (formed by the wind)”)
- *povějь (“whiff”)
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- ⇒ Russian: сухове́й (suxovéj, “dry, hot wind”)
- → Serbo-Croatian: sȕhovej
- ⇒ Russian: сухове́й (suxovéj, “dry, hot wind”)
- South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: -вей (-vej)
- ⇒ Bulgarian: по́вей (póvej)
- ⇒ Bulgarian: на́вей (návej)
- ⇒ Bulgarian: при́вей (prívej)
- ⇒ Macedonian: повеј (povej)
- Bulgarian: -вей (-vej)
- West Slavic:
- ⇒ Czech: navěj
- ⇒ Slovak: navej
Related terms
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1996), “*navějь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 23 (*narodьnъjь – *navijakъ), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 222
- Georgiev V. I., editor (1971), “вея”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 141