Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/věstь

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-Balto-Slavic *waiˀstis, from Proto-Indo-European *wéyd-ti-s. Morphologically from *věděti +‎ *-tь.[1] Cognate with Latvian vēsts.

    Noun

    *vě̑stь f[2][1]

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    Declension

    Declension of *vě̑stь (i-stem, accent paradigm c)
    singular dual plural
    nominative *vě̑stь *vě̑sti *vě̑sti
    genitive *věstí *věstьjù, *věsťu* *věstь̀jь
    dative *vě̑sti *věstьmà *vě̑stьmъ
    accusative *vě̑stь *vě̑sti *vě̑sti
    instrumental *věstьjǫ́ *věstьmà *věstьmì
    locative *věstí *věstьjù, *věsťu* *vě̑stьxъ
    vocative *věsti *vě̑sti *vě̑sti

    * 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: вѣсть (věstĭ)
        • Old Ruthenian: вѣсть (věstʹ)
        • Russian: весть (vestʹ) (see there for further descendants)
    • South Slavic:
      • Old Church Slavonic:
        Old Cyrillic script: вѣсть (věstĭ)
        Glagolitic script: ⰲⱑⱄⱅⱐ (věstĭ)
      • Bulgarian: вест (vest)
      • Macedonian: вест (vest)
      • Serbo-Croatian:
        Cyrillic script: ве̑ст
        Latin script: vȇst
      • Slovene: vẹ̑st (tonal orthography)
    • West Slavic:
      • Czech: věst (obsolete), zvěst
      • Kashubian: wiesc
      • Polish: wieść
      • Slovak: zvesť
      • Sorbian:
        • Lower Sorbian: wěsć
    • Non-Slavic:
      • → Romanian: veste (through Old Church Slavonic)

    Further reading

    • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “весть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
    • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1999), “весть”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 146
    • Anikin, A. E. (2013), “весть I”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), issue 7 (вершь – вняться), Moscow: Russian Language Institute, →ISBN, page 32

    References

    1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Snoj, Marko (2016), “vẹ̑st”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “*vě̑stь”
    2. ^ Olander, Thomas (2001), “věstь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “f. c nyhed (PR 138)”
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