Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/vesti

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 *westéi, from Proto-Indo-European *wedʰ-.[1]

    Verb

    *vestì pf

    1. to lead, conduct

    Inflection

    Derived terms

    • *obvesti
      • *obozъ

    Descendants

    • East Slavic:
    • South Slavic:
      • Old Church Slavonic:
        Glagolitic script: ⰲⰵⱄⱅⰹ (vesti)
        Old Cyrillic script: вести (vesti)
      • Slovene: vésti (tonal orthography)
    • West Slavic:

    See also

    References

    1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008), “*vestì”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 517

    Further reading

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