Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/věďa

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 1

    According to Miklošič, related to *viděti (“to see”), presumably reflecting an earlier *waiˀdjāˀ.

    More recent proposals[1] view it as a back-formation of an earlier *wēˀk-dāˀi, the dual of a *-da derivative of synonym *věko. Based on the alternating dual forms вѣдѣ (vědě) : вѣжди (věždi). The reanalysis as a ja-stem is explained with the palatalization of velar + dental consonant clusters before front vowels.

    Noun

    *věďa f

    1. eyelid
      Synonym: *věko
    2. eyebrow
      Synonym: *bry
    Declension
    Declension of *věďa (soft a-stem)
    singular dual plural
    nominative *věďa *věďi *věďę̇
    genitive *věďę̇ *věďu *věďь
    dative *věďi *věďama *věďamъ
    accusative *věďǫ *věďi *věďę̇
    instrumental *věďejǫ, *věďǫ** *věďama *věďami
    locative *věďi *věďu *věďasъ, *věďaxъ*
    vocative *věďe *věďi *věďę̇

    * -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).

    Descendants
    • East Slavic:
      • Old East Slavic: вѣжа (věža)
    • South Slavic:

    References

    1. ^ Б. Велчева, Анд. Бояджиев, Вл. Филипов (2006), “Славянски етимологии: вѣко, вѣжда, челюсть”, in Studia Caroliensia‎[1], Slavica

    Further reading

    • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “вежда”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

    Etymology 2

      From *věděti +‎ *-ja.

      Noun

      *věďa f

      1. knowledge
      Derived terms
      • *nevěďa
      • *věďьstvo
        • Old East Slavic: вѣжество (věžestvo)
          • Russian: вежество́ (vežestvó), ве́жство (véžstvo) (dated)
        • Old Church Slavonic: вѣждьство (věždĭstvo)
      Descendants
      • East Slavic:
        • Old East Slavic: вѣжа (věža)
      • West Slavic:
        • Kashubian: wiédzô (“knowledge”)
        • Polish: wiedza (“knowledge”)
        • Silesian: wiedza (“knowledge”)

      Further reading

      • Anikin, A. E. (2012), “ве́жа II”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), issue 6 (вал – вершок), Moscow: LRC, Manuscript Monuments Ancient Rus, →ISBN, page 180
      • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “невежа”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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