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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/viti

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 *wīˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *weh₁y-. Cognates with Latvian vît, Lithuanian výti, Latin viere.

Verb

*viti impf [1]

  1. to bend, to twist

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • Verbs:
    • *perviti (to fold)
    • *zaviti (to turn around)
    • *naviti (to coil, to curl)
    • *poviti (to wrap, to envelop)
    • *jьzviti (to bend, to curve)
    • *orzviti (to develop)
  • Nominals:
    • *obilьje (abundance) (from an earlier *obvilьje)
    • *vidla (pitchfork)
    • *vitь (twist, knot)
    • *vina (guilt, blame)
    • *vila (nymph)
    • *vojь (turn, curving)

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic: вити (viti)
      Glagolitic: ⰲⰹⱅⰹ (viti)
    • Bulgarian: ви́я (víja)
    • Macedonian: ви́е (víe)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic: ви̏ти
      Latin: vȉti
    • Slovene: víti (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: vít
    • Polish: wić
    • Slovak: viť
    • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: wiś

Further reading

References

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