Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/vitь

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 *wīˀtís.

    Noun

    *vitь f[1]

    1. twig, osier

    Inflection

    Declension of *vĩtь (i-stem, accent paradigm b)
    singular dual plural
    nominative *vĩtь *vītì *vītì
    genitive *vĩti *vĩtьju, *viťu* *vītь̀jь, *vĩti*
    dative *vītì *vĩtьma *vītь̀mъ
    accusative *vĩtь *vītì *vītì
    instrumental *vĩtьjǫ, *vĩťǫ* *vĩtьma *vĩtьmī
    locative *vĩti *vĩtьju, *viťu* *vītь̀xъ
    vocative *viti *vītì *vītì

    * 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).

    Proto-Slavic terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *weh₁y- (0 c, 5 e)

    Descendants

    • East Slavic:
      • Russian: вить (vitʹ)
    • South Slavic:
      • ⇒ Serbo-Croatian: pȁvit
      • Slovene: vȋt (tonal orthography) (obsolete)
    • West Slavic:
      • Czech: vít
      • Old Polish: wić
      • Slovak: viť
      • Slovincian: wjic

    References

    1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008), “*vitь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 522: “f. i”
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