Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search
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.
This section or reconstruction entry lacks references or sources. Please help verify this information by adding appropriate citations. You can also discuss it at the Tea Room.
Particularly: “Check Category:Proto-Slavic reference templates or Google Books

Proto-Slavic

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

From Proto-Indo-European *wḗ/*wéh₁ (we two), the nominative dual of *éǵ(h₂), *eǵHóm, *eǵóh₂ (I).

Pronoun

[edit]

*vě̑

  1. we two

Declension

[edit]

Descendants

[edit]
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: вѣ ()
  • South Slavic:
    • Middle Bulgarian: вѣ ()
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Cyrillic: вѣ ()
      Glagolitic: ⰲⱑ ()
    • Serbo-Croatian: -vo (Bednja Kajkavian, possibly)
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: (C14)
      • Old Czech: va (C15, by analogy to the new verbal 1st person ending -va instead of the older -vě, also to the number dva)
    • Old Polish: wa (same analogy as in Czech)
    • Kashubian: ma < *va < vě (same analogy as in Czech, m- due to influence of the plural form)
    • Slovincian: wa (same analogy as in Kashubian)
    • Sorbian:
      • Upper Sorbian: wi (dialectal, secondary -i by analogy to the o-stem plural desinence -i)
        • wej (by analogy to the new verbal 1st person ending -ej, or to other pronouns such as tej and wonej)