Вѧцьславе
Old Novgorodian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *Vęťeslàvъ, from *vęťьjь (“greater, more”) + *slàva (“glory, fame”).
Cognate with Old East Slavic Вѧчесла́въ (Vęčeslávŭ), where Belarusian Вячасла́ў (Vjačasláŭ), Russian Вячесла́в (Vjačesláv), Ukrainian В'ячесла́в (Vʺjačesláv).
Proper noun
Вѧцьсла́ве (Vęcĭsláve) m
- a male given name, equivalent to English Wenceslaus
Derived terms
- Вѧцько (Vęcĭko) (diminutive)
Further reading
- “вѧцьслава”, in Древнерусские берестяные грамоты [Birchbark Literacy from Medieval Rus] (in Russian), http://gramoty.ru, (please provide a date or year) (document № 510)
- Zaliznyak, Andrey (2004), “Вѧчеславъ”, in Древненовгородский диалект [Old Novgorod dialect] (Studia philologica) (in Russian), 2nd edition, Moscow: Languages of Slavic Cultures, →ISBN, page 724 of 872