Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/vitati

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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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Pokorny derives the root from Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁- (to pursue, hunt),[1] though Derksen leaves the origin open.[2]

Baltic cognates include Lithuanian vietà (place), Latvian vieta (place), pavietat (to lodge).

Verb[edit]

*vitati

  1. to live, dwell
  2. to welcome, greet

Conjugation[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “1123-24”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 1123-24
  2. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “vieta”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 502

Further reading[edit]

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “витать”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Trubachyov, O., Zhuravlyov, A. F., editors (2005), “*obvitati (sę)”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 31 (*obvelčenьje – *obžьniviny), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 62
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1997), “*navitati (sę)”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 24 (*navijati (sę)/*navivati (sę) – *nerodimъ(jь)), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 10