Proto-Indo-European
Alternative reconstructions
Root
*weh₁y- [ 3] [ 4]
to twist , wind , weave , plait
to wrap , enclose , cover
Derived terms
Template:PIE root see
*wéh₁y-e-ti
Proto-Indo-Iranian: *wáHyati see there for further descendants ) *uh₁y-éye-ti ( “ to wrap, plait ” , zero-grade causative ) [ 5] Proto-Indo-Iranian: *uHyáyati
Proto-Italic: *wijejō [ 5] Latin: vieō ( “ to bind, plait, weave ” ) see there for further descendants ) *uh₁i-neh₁-ti
*uh₁i-t ( zero-grade root aorist )
Proto-Balto-Slavic: *wīˀtei [ 3] Latvian: vît
Lithuanian: výti
Proto-Slavic: *viti ( “ to wind, twist ” ) [ 3] see there for further descendants ) *wéh₁i-mn̥ ~ *uh₁i-mén-s ( “ plaiting ” ) [ 5] [ 4] see there for further descendants )*weh₁i-s- [ 3] *weh₁i-ro-s ( “ turned, twisted ” ) [ 3] [ 2] Proto-Celtic: *wēros ( “ crooked ” ) [ 2] see there for further descendants )
Proto-Germanic: *wīraz ( “ wire ” ) see there for further descendants ) *wéh₁i-ti-s ~ *uh₁i-téy-s ( “ willow; that which twines or bends ” ) [ 3] see there for further descendants )*uh₁i-kós [ 4] Proto-Germanic: *waigaz ( “ a wall ” ) see there for further descendants ) *uh₁y-ú-s [ 4] Proto-Germanic: *wajjuz ( “ a wall ” ) see there for further descendants ) *woh₁y-éh₂ ( “ branch, twig ” ) [ 3] *woyh₁-no-s
Proto-Balto-Slavic: *waiˀnas Proto-Slavic: *věnъ ( “ twist, curve, rim; wreath, garland ” ) East Slavic:
⇒ Proto-Slavic: *věnikъ Old East Slavic: вѣникъ ( věnikŭ , “ broom, besom ” )
⇒ Proto-Balto-Slavic:Eastern Proto-Baltic:
Proto-Slavic: *věnь̀cь ( “ twist, curve, rim; wreath, garland ” ) see there for further descendants )
Proto-Slavic: *věnъkъ ( “ wreath, garland ” ) Old East Slavic: вѣнъкъ ( věnŭkŭ ) *uh₁y-ḗn ( possibly )
Proto-Hellenic: *uyḗn Ancient Greek: ὑιήν ( huiḗn , “ grapevine ” ) [ 6] *wéyh₁-ō ~ *wih₁-n-és ( “ (*product of the vine >) wine ” ) ( possibly ) (see there for further descendants )*uh₁i-tó-s
Proto-Celtic: *witos Old Irish: fithe ( “ woven, plaited ” ) *uh₁i-tu-s [ 7] Proto-Balto-Slavic:Proto-Baltic:
Proto-Slavic: *větvь ( “ branch ” ) Old East Slavic: вѣтвь ( větvĭ )
West Slavic:
Old Church Slavonic: вѣтвь ( větvĭ )
⇒ *větka ( “ flexible branch, twig, withe ” ) East Slavic:
West Slavic:
South Slavic:
Proto-Hellenic: *wítus Ancient Greek: ἴτῠς ( ítus , “ felloe ” )
Proto-Italic: *witus
References
^ Rix, Helmut , editor (2001 ), “*u̯i̯eh₁- Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs →ISBN page 695 ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Matasović, Ranko (2009 ) “*wi-na-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill , →ISBN page 421 :*weyh₁- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 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 :*uh₁i- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Kroonen, Guus (2013 ) “*wajju-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11 ), Leiden, Boston: Brill , →ISBN page 500 : “*ueh₁i- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 De Vaan, Michiel (2008 ) “vieō”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN page 677 :*u̯h₁i-éie ^ Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006 ) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN page 167 ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010 ) “ἴτυς ”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek 10 ), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN 605 ^ Mažiulis, Vytautas (1988–1997 ) “witwan”, in Prūsų kalbos etimologijos žodynas [Etymological dictionary of Old Prussian [1] 