Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/věja

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

Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *woh₁y-éh₂, from *weh₁y-.

Noun

*věja f[1]

  1. branch

Declension

Declension of *věja (soft a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *věja *věji *věję̇
genitive *věję̇ *věju *vějь
dative *věji *vějama *vějamъ
accusative *vějǫ *věji *věję̇
instrumental *vějejǫ, *vějǫ** *vějama *vějami
locative *věji *věju *vějasъ, *vějaxъ*
vocative *věje *věji *věję̇

* -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

  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic script: вѣꙗ (věja)
    • Bulgarian: вей (vej) (dialectal)
    • Slovene: vȇja (tonal orthography)

References

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008), “*věja”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 519

Further reading

  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “вей”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 129
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