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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/velťi

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed words 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 *welk- / *wilk-. Cognate with Lithuanian vil̃kti, 3sg. vel̃ka, 3sg. past vil̃ko and Latvian vìlkt, 1sg. vȩ̀lku. Indo-European background unclear:

Verb

*velťi

  1. to drag

Inflection

Derived terms

  • *velkъ (drag)
  • *velkačь (tug)
  • *velčugo (reptile) (literally a creature which creeps)
  • *obelťi (to dress up) < *ob- + *velťi
  • *obelkъdlo (clothing) < *ob- + *velkъ + *-dlo
  • *povelťi (to drag up) < *po- + *velťi
  • *navelťi (to put up a cloak) < *na- + *velťi

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: волочи (voloči)
      • Belarusian: валачы́ (valačý) (obsolete)
      • Russian: воло́чь (volóčʹ)
      • Ukrainian: волокти́ (voloktý)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Cyrillic: влѣщи (vlěšti)
      Glagolitic: [Term?]
    • Bulgarian: влека́ (vleká)
    • Macedonian: влече (vleče)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic: ву́ћи
      Latin: vúći
      • Chakavian (Vrgada): vũći
      • Chakavian (Orbanići): vũć
    • Slovene: vlẹ́či (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

  • Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 514
  • Vasmer (Fasmer), Max (Maks) (1964–1973), волоку́”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv Oleg, Moscow: Progress
  • Rix, Helmut, editor (2001) Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, pages 289–290

References

  1. Alternatively reconstructed as Proto-Albanian *(w)alkja from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wolkéye- from *h₂welk-; see above.
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