Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/voldati

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

    Variant of *volděti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *walˀdā́ˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂welh₁dʰh₁-, from *h₂welh₁- (to rule).

    Verb

    *voldati

    1. to rule, to reign, to govern

    Inflection

    Descendants

    • East Slavic:
      • Old Ruthenian: воло́дати (volódati)
      • Russian: воло́дать (volódatʹ) (dialectal)
    • South Slavic:
    • West Slavic:

    Further reading

    • Anikin, A. E. (2014), “воло́дать”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), issue 8 (во – вран), Moscow: Russian Language Institute, →ISBN, page 152