Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/věža
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From the present stem of the verb *vezti — Lua error in Module:links at line 223: The specified language Proto-Slavic is unattested, while the given term does not begin with '*' to indicate that it is reconstructed..
Noun
*věža f
Declension
Declension of *věža (soft a-stem)
singular | dual | plural | |
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nominative | *věža | *věži | *věžę̇ |
genitive | *věžę̇ | *věžu | *věžь |
dative | *věži | *věžama | *věžamъ |
accusative | *věžǫ | *věži | *věžę̇ |
instrumental | *věžejǫ, *věžǫ** | *věžama | *věžami |
locative | *věži | *věžu | *věžasъ, *věžaxъ* |
vocative | *věže | *věži | *věžę̇ |
* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).
** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).
Related terms
Descendants
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “вежа”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress