Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/vyti

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

    Onomatopoeic in nature, from an earlier *ỳti, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew(H)-. Cognate with Lithuanian uloti, Ancient Greek αὔω (aúō), Latin ululō.

    Verb

    *vỳti[1][2]

    1. to howl, to wail

    Inflection

    Derived terms

    • *vykati (to shout, to scream)
    • *vyskati (to neigh)
    • *vyjь / *vъjь (howl)
    • *vyježь (howling, whining)
    • *povykъ

    Descendants

    • East Slavic:
      • Old East Slavic: вꙑти (vyti)
        • Old Ruthenian: вы́ти (výti)
          • Belarusian: выць (vycʹ)
          • Ukrainian: ви́ти (výty)
        • Russian: выть (vytʹ)
    • South Slavic:
      • Old Church Slavonic:
        Old Cyrillic script: вꙑти (vyti)
      • Bulgarian: ви́я (víja)
      • Macedonian: вие (vie)
      • Slovene: vīti (tonal orthography)
    • West Slavic:
      • Old Czech: výti
      • Polabian: vojĕ (3sg.)
      • Old Polish: wyć
      • Pomeranian:
        • Kashubian: wëc
      • Slovak: vyť
    • Yiddish: וואָיען (voyen)

    Further reading

    • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “выть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
    • Anikin, A. E. (2015), “выть II”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), issue 9 (врандовать – галоп), Moscow: Russian Language Institute, →ISBN, page 208
    • Anikin, A. E. (2014), “вой II”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), issue 8 (во – вран), Moscow: Russian Language Institute, →ISBN, page 107
    • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “вия²”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 158

    References

    1. ^ Olander, Thomas (2001), “vyti: vyjǫ vyjetь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:c hyle (SA 204)
    2. ^ Snoj, Marko (2016), “víti”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si:*vy̋ti