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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/věža
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From the present stem of the verb *vezti — vez- + *-ja.
Noun
*věža f
- house-wagon, kibitka
- tent
- movable/traveling tower
- tower
Declension
Declension of *věža (soft a-stem)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *věža | *věži | *věžę̇ |
| Accusative | *věžǫ | *věži | *věžę̇ |
| Genitive | *věžę̇ | *věžu | *věžь |
| Locative | *věži | *věžu | *věžasъ, *věžaxъ* |
| Dative | *věži | *věžama | *věžamъ |
| Instrumental | *věžejǫ, *věžǫ** | *věžama | *věžami |
| Vocative | *věže | *věži | *věžę̇ |
* -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
- *veslo
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: вѣжа (věža)
- Old Ruthenian: вѣжа (věža)
- Belarusian: ве́жа (vjéža)
- Old Ruthenian: вѣжа (věža)
- Russian: ве́жа (véža)
- Old East Slavic: вѣжа (věža)
- South Slavic:
- Slovene: veža
- West Slavic:
- Old Czech: věžě
- Czech: věž
- Polabian: viză
- Kashubian: wieża, wieżô
- Old Polish: wieża
- Polish: wieża
- → Ukrainian: ве́жа (véža)
- Slovak: veža
- Sorbian:
- Lower Sorbian: wjaža
- Upper Sorbian: wěža
- Old Czech: věžě
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “вежа”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress