Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/vysь

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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]

Formally comparable with Old Irish úas (above), Ancient Greek ὕψι (húpsi, aloft), probably from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ewps-, but with problematic long grade in Slavic. Possibly further related to the adverb *upó (above, over).

Compare also Proto-Slavic *vъz- (up-, super-), *vy- (out-, ex-).

Noun[edit]

*vysь f[1][2]

  1. height, elevation, loftiness

Declension[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Related terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • East Slavic:
    • Russian: высь f (vysʹ)
    • Ukrainian: вись f (vysʹ)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:

Further reading[edit]

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “высь”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • вись in Горох.ua (Етимологія)

Noun[edit]

*vysь m[2]

  1. summit

Declension[edit]

Related terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • South Slavic:
    • Bulgarian: вис m (vis, summit) (dialectal)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: ви̑с m
      Latin script: vȋs m

Further reading[edit]

  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “вис (м. и ж.)”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 152

References[edit]

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 535
  2. 2.0 2.1 Olander, Thomas (2001) “vys-”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:a høj (PR 133)