Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/

This Proto-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-Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *wḗ/*wéh₁ (we two), the nominative dual of *éǵ(h₂), *eǵh₂óm, *eǵóh₂ (I).

Pronoun

*vě̑

  1. we (dual)

Declension

Proto-Slavic personal pronouns
Singular 1st person 2nd person Reflexive
Nominative *jãzъ, *jà *ty̑
Accusative *mę̑ *tę̑ *sę̑
Genitive *mȅne *tȅbe *sȅbe
Locative *mьně̀ *tebě̀ *sebě̀
Dative *mьně̀, *mi *tebě̀, *ti *sebě̀, *si
Instrumental *mъnòjǫ, *mъnojǫ̀ *tobòjǫ, *tobojǫ̀ *sobòjǫ, *sobojǫ̀
Possessive *mojь *tvojь *svojь
Dual 1st person 2nd person Reflexive
Nominative *vě̑ *vȃ
Accusative *nȃ *vȃ *sę̑
Genitive *nàju *vàju *sȅbe
Locative *nàju *vàju *sebě̀
Dative *nàma, *na *vàma, *va *sebě̀, *si
Instrumental *nàma *vàma *sobòjǫ, *sobojǫ̀
Possessive *našь *vašь *svojь
Plural 1st person 2nd person Reflexive
Nominative *my̑ *vy̑
Accusative *ny̑ *vy̑ *sę̑
Genitive *nàsъ *vàsъ *sȅbe
Locative *nàsъ *vàsъ *sebě̀
Dative *nàmъ, *ny *vàmъ, *vy *sebě̀, *si
Instrumental *nàmi *vàmi *sobòjǫ, *sobojǫ̀
Possessive *našь *vašь *svojь

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: вѣ ()
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Cyrillic: вѣ ()
      Glagolitic: ⰲⱑ ()
      • Middle Bulgarian: вѣ ()
    • Serbo-Croatian: -vo (Bednja Kajkavian, possibly)
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: (C14)
      • Old Czech: va (C15, by analogy to the new verbal 1st person ending -va instead of the older -vě, also to the number dva)
    • Old Polish: wa (same analogy as in Czech)
    • Kashubian: ma < *va < vě (same analogy as in Czech, m- due to influence of the plural form)
    • Slovincian: wa (same analogy as in Kashubian)
    • Sorbian:
      • Upper Sorbian: wi (dialectal, secondary -i by analogy to the o-stem plural desinence -i)
        • wej (by analogy to the new verbal 1st person ending -ej, or to other pronouns such as tej and wonej)