Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/větrъ

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 *wēˀtrāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weh₁-.

    Cognate with Lithuanian vė́tra (“storm”), Latvian vētra (“storm”), Old Prussian wetro (“wind”), Latin ventus (“wind”), Sanskrit वाति (vāti, “to blow”).

    Noun

    *vě̀trъ m[1][2]

    1. wind

    Inflection

    Declension of *vě̀trъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm a)
    singular dual plural
    nominative *vě̀trъ *vě̀tra *vě̀tri
    genitive *vě̀tra *vě̀tru *vě̀trъ
    dative *vě̀tru *vě̀troma *vě̀tromъ
    accusative *vě̀trъ *vě̀tra *vě̀try
    instrumental *vě̀trъmь, *vě̀tromь* *vě̀troma *vě̀trȳ
    locative *vě̀trě *vě̀tru *vě̀trě̄xъ
    vocative *vě̀tre *vě̀tra *vě̀tri

    * -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

    Derived terms

    • *větrьnъ
    • *bezvětrъ
    • *na větrě
      • *navětrьje
      • *navětrьnъ
    • *větriti
      • *obvetrěti
      • *obvětriti
      • *orzvětriti
    • *povětrъ
      • Lower Sorbian: pówětš
      • Upper Sorbian: powětr
    • *povětrьje
    • *vějati (“to blow (of wind), winnow”)

    Descendants

    Further reading

    • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “ветер”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
    • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1999), “ветер”, 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

    References

    1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008), “*vě̀trъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 520: “m. o (a) ‘wind’”
    2. ^ Olander, Thomas (2001), “větrъ”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a (PR 131; MP 23)”
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