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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/věďa
Proto-Slavic
Etymology 1
From *viděti (“to see”).
Noun
*věďa f
- eyelid
- Synonym: *věko
- eyebrow
- Synonym: *bry
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: вѣжа (věža)
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic: вѣжда (věžda)
- → Russian: ве́жда (véžda)
- Bulgarian: вежда (vežda), вя́жда (vjážda) (dialectal)
- Macedonian: веѓа (veǵa)
- Serbo-Croatian: вjе̏ђа
- Old Church Slavonic: вѣжда (věžda)
- West Slavic: –
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “вежда”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
Etymology 2
From *věděti + *-ja.
Noun
*věďa f
- knowledge
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: вѣжа (věža)
- Russian: ве́жа (véža)
- Old East Slavic: вѣжа (věža)
- South Slavic:
- Slovene: veda
- West Slavic:
- Polish: wiedza (“knowledge”)
- Slovak: veda (“science”)
- Czech: věda (“science”)
Derived terms
- *nevěďa
- Old East Slavic: невѣжа (nevěža)
- Russian: неве́жа (nevéža)
- Old Church Slavonic: невѣжда (nevěžda)
- → Russian: неве́жда (nevéžda)
- West Slavic:
- Polish: niewiedza
- Old East Slavic: невѣжа (nevěža)
- *věďьstvo
- Old East Slavic: вѣжество (věžestvo)
- Russian: вежество́ (vežestvó), ве́жство (véžstvo) (dated)
- Old Church Slavonic: вѣждьство (věždĭstvo)
- Old East Slavic: вѣжество (věžestvo)
Related terms
- *věděti (“to know”)
- *vědьma (“witch”)
- *věstъ (“known”)
- *věstь (“message”)
- *věščь (“proficient, wise”)
- *nevěsta (“bride”)
Further reading
- Anikin, A. E. (2012), “ве́жа II”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), issue 6 (вал – вершок), Moscow: Manuscript Monuments Ancient Rus, →ISBN, page 180
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “невежа”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress