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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/věti
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology 1
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *wḗˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weh₁- (“to wind, to blow”).
Verb
*vě̀ti[1][2]
- Alternative form of *vě̀jati
Inflection
Conjugation of *věti, *vě, *vějetь (impf., -V-, s-aorist, accent paradigm a)
| Verbal noun | Infinitive | Supine | L-participle |
|---|---|---|---|
| *větьje | *věti | *větъ | *vělъ |
| Participles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tense | Past | Present |
| Passive | *větъ | *vějemъ |
| Active | *věvъ | *věję |
| Aorist | Present | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *věxъ | *vě | *vě | *vějǫ | *věješi | *vějetь |
| Dual | *věxově | *věsta | *věste | *vějevě | *vějeta | *vějete |
| Plural | *věxomъ | *věste | *věšę | *vějemъ | *vějete | *vějǫtь |
| Imperfect | Imperative | |||||
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *věaxъ | *věaše | *věaše | — | *věji | *věji |
| Dual | *věaxově | *věašeta | *věašete | *vějivě | *vějita | — |
| Plural | *věaxomъ | *věašete | *věaxǫ | *vějimъ | *vějite | — |
References
- Olander, Thomas (2001), “věti: vějǫ vějetь”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a (SA 204, 207; PR 133; MP 23)”
- Snoj, Marko (2016), “vẹ́ti”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar3 (in Slovene), https://fran.si: “*vě̋ti in *vě̋jati, sed. *vě̋jǫ”
Etymology 2
From the root of Proto-Slavic *větъ (“claim”).
Noun
*věti m
- orator
Alternative forms
- *větьjь, *větьja (reformed at a later stage)
Declension
Declension of *věti (ī-stem)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *věti | *věťi | *věťę̇ |
| Accusative | *věťǫ | *věťi | *věťę̇ |
| Genitive | *věťę̇ | *věťu | *věťь |
| Locative | *věťi | *věťu | *věťasъ, *věťaxъ* |
| Dative | *věťi | *věťama | *věťamъ |
| Instrumental | *věťejǫ, *věťǫ** | *věťama | *věťami |
| Vocative | *věťe | *věťi | *věťę̇ |
* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
** 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).
** 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
- *věťati (“to proclaim”)
- *věťe (“counsil”)
Descendants
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic: вѣтьи (větĭj), вѣтии (větij)
- → Russian: вити́я (vitíja)
- → Bulgarian: вити́я (vitíja) (obsolete)
- → Russian: вити́я (vitíja)
- Old Church Slavonic: вѣтьи (větĭj), вѣтии (větij)
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “вития”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
- Georgiev V. I., editor (1971), “вития”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 154