Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/větrъ

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *wēˀtrāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weh₁-.

Cognate with Lithuanian vė́tra (“storm”), Latvian vētra (“storm”), Old Prussian wetro (“wind”), Latin ventus (“wind”), Sanskrit वाति (vāti, “to blow”).

Noun

*vě̀trъ m[1][2]

wind

Inflection

Declension of *vě̀trъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm a)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*vě̀trъ	*vě̀tra	*vě̀tri
Accusative	*vě̀trъ	*vě̀tra	*vě̀try
Genitive	*vě̀tra	*vě̀tru	*vě̀trъ
Locative	*vě̀trě	*vě̀tru	*vě̀trě̄xъ
Dative	*vě̀tru	*vě̀troma	*vě̀tromъ
Instrumental	vě̀trъmь, vě̀tromь^*	*vě̀troma	*vě̀trȳ
Vocative	*vě̀tre	*vě̀tra	*vě̀tri

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Derived terms

*bezvětrъ
*na větrě
- *navětrьje
- *navětrьnъ
*větriti
- *obvetrěti
- *obvětriti
- *orzvětriti
*povětrъ
- Lower Sorbian: pówětš
- Upper Sorbian: powětr
*povětrьje
- Old Czech: povětřie
  - Czech: povětří
    - Bohemian (Chod dialect): povětří
- Polish: powietrze

Related terms

*vějati (“to blow (of wind), winnow”)

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: вѣтръ (větrŭ)
  - Old Ruthenian: вѣтръ (větr)
    - Old Belarusian: вѣтръ (větr), вѣтеръ (věter)[3]
      - Belarusian: ве́цер (vjécjer)
        (Turov): ве́цёр (vjécjor)
    - Rusyn: вїтор (vjitor)
    - Ukrainian: ві́тер (víter)
  - Russian: ве́тер (véter)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Old Cyrillic: вѣтръ (větrŭ)
  Glagolitic: ⰲⱑⱅⱃⱏ (větrŭ)
- Bulgarian: вя́тър (vjátǎr)
- Macedonian: ветер (veter)
  - (Kostur): вѐтер (vèter), вѐтър
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: ве̏тар, вје̏тар
  Latin: vȅtar, vjȅtar
  - Chakavian (Vrgada): vȉtar
  - Chakavian (Orbanići): vȅtar
  - Chakavian (Orlec): vẽter
  - Chakavian (Oštarije): vȉtar
  - Chakavian (Crikvenica): vȅtār
  - Chakavian (Brusje): vȉtar
  - Chakavian (Grobnik): vȅtār
  - Chakavian (Komiža): vȉtar
  - Chakavian (Mrkoči, Batlug, Istria): vȅtar
  - Chakavian (Liburnija): vẽtar
  - Chakavian (Southwestern Istria): vị̏tar
  - Chakavian (Stinatz): v'itar
  - Chakavian (Duga Resa): vȉtar
  - Kajkavian (Bednja): vȅter
  - Kajkavian (Varaždin): v'ẹtȩr
  - Kajkavian (Čabar): v'ejter
- Slovene: vẹ̑ter (tonal orthography)
  - (Črni vrh, Idrija): wȋətḁr
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: vietr
  - Czech: vítr
    - (Mistřice): vjetr
- Kashubian: wiater
- Polabian: v’otĕr
- Old Polish: wietr
  - Polish: wiatr
    - (Ślemień): v́ater, v́etř
- Silesian: wjater
- Slovak: vietor
- Slovincian: vjãtăr
- Sorbian:
  - Upper Sorbian: wětr
  - Lower Sorbian: wětš

References

Derksen, Rick (2008), “*vě̀trъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 520: “m. o (a) ‘wind’”
Olander, Thomas (2001), “větrъ”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a (PR 131; MP 23)”
Zhurawski, A. I., editor (1983), “вѣтеръ”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), issue 3 (вариво – вкупе), Minsk: Navuka i tekhnika, page 155

[1] Derksen, Rick (2008), “*vě̀trъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 520: “m. o (a) ‘wind’”

[2] Olander, Thomas (2001), “větrъ”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a (PR 131; MP 23)”

[3] Zhurawski, A. I., editor (1983), “вѣтеръ”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), issue 3 (вариво – вкупе), Minsk: Navuka i tekhnika, page 155