Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/wīˀtís

This Proto-Balto-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-Balto-Slavic

Etymology

    From Proto-Indo-European *uh₁í-ti-s, from *weh₁y- (“to twist, wrap”).

    Noun

    *wīˀtís m[1][2]

    1. something plaited, twisted

    Inflection

    Declension of *wīˀtís (i-stem, mobile accent)
    singular dual plural
    nominative *wīˀtís *wī́ˀtīˀ *wī́ˀtejes
    accusative *wī́ˀtin *wī́ˀtīˀ *wī́ˀtī(ˀ)ns
    genitive *wīˀtéis *wīˀtejáu *wīˀtejṓn
    locative *wīˀtḗiˀ *wīˀtejáu *wīˀtíšu
    dative *wī́ˀtei *wīˀtímā(ˀ) *wīˀtímas
    instrumental *wī́ˀtīˀ (early forms) *wīˀtímāˀ *wīˀtímīˀs
    vocative *wīˀtéi *wī́ˀtīˀ *wī́ˀtejes

    Descendants

    • East Baltic:
      • Lithuanian: vyti̇̀s (“twig”)
    • Proto-Slavic: *vitь (see there for further descendants)

    References

    1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008), “*vitь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 522: “BSl. *wʔitis”
    2. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015), “vytis”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 508: “BSL *wʔitis”
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