Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/wī́ˀtei

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 1

    From Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁- (to chase, pursue, suppress).[1][2]

    Verb

    *wī́ˀtei[1][2]

    1. to drive away, chase, pursue
    Descendants
    • Latvian: vît
    • Lithuanian: výti
    • Proto-Slavic: *povinǫti (see there for further descendants)
    • Latgalian: vaine
    • Latvian: vaina (guilt)
    • Lithuanian: vaina (guilt)
    • Proto-Slavic: *vina (guilt) (see there for further descendants)

    Etymology 2

      From Proto-Indo-European *weh₁y- (to twist, wrap).[3][4]

      Verb

      *wī́ˀtei[3][4]

      1. to twist, to wind
      Descendants
      • Latvian: vît
      • Lithuanian: výti
      • Samogitian: vītė
      • Proto-Slavic: *vìti (see there for further descendants)

      References

      1. 1.0 1.1 Derksen, Rick (2015), “vyti I”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 508:BSL *wiʔ-
      2. 2.0 2.1 Derksen, Rick (2008), “*povinǫti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 415:BSl. *wiʔ-
      3. 3.0 3.1 Derksen, Rick (2015), “vyti II”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 508:BSL *wʔi-
      4. 4.0 4.1 Derksen, Rick (2008), “*viti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 522:BSl. *wʔi-