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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/vyti

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

Onomatopaeic 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)
  • *vojь (howl)
  • *vyježь (howling, whining)

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic: вꙑти (vyti)
    • Bulgarian: вия (vija)
    • Macedonian: вие (vie)
    • Serbo-Croatian: vȉjati
    • Slovene: vīti (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: výti
    • Polish: wyć

Further reading

  • Vasmer (Fasmer), Max (Maks) (1964–1973), выть”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv Oleg, Moscow: Progress
  • Georgiev Vl. I., editor (1971), вия²”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 158

References

  1. Olander, Thomas (2001), vyti: vyjǫ vyjetь”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:c hyle (SA 204)”
  2. Snoj, Marko (2016), víti”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar, Ljubljana: Inštitut za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, →ISBN: “*vy̋ti”
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