Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/vyti

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

Etymology

Onomatopaeic in nature, from an earlier *ỳti, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew(H)-. Cognate with Lithuanian uloti, Ancient Greek αὔω (aúō), Latin ululō.

Verb

*vỳti

1. to howl, to wail

Inflection

Conjugation of *vyti, *vy, *vyjetь (impf., -V-, s-aorist, accent paradigm c)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*vytьje	*vyti	*vytъ	*vylъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*vytъ	*vyjemъ
Active	*vyvъ	*vyję

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*vyxъ	*vy	*vy	*vyjǫ	*vyješi	*vyjetь
Dual	*vyxově	*vysta	*vyste	*vyjevě	*vyjeta	*vyjete
Plural	*vyxomъ	*vyste	*vyšę	*vyjemъ	*vyjete	*vyjǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*vyjaaxъ	*vyjaaše	*vyjaaše	—	*vyji	*vyji
Dual	*vyjaaxově	*vyjaašeta	*vyjaašete	*vyjivě	*vyjita	—
Plural	*vyjaaxomъ	*vyjaašete	*vyjaaxǫ	*vyjimъ	*vyjite	—

Conjugation of *vyti, *vy, *vojetь (impf., -V-, s-aorist, accent paradigm c)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*vytьje	*vyti	*vytъ	*vylъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*vytъ	*vojemъ
Active	*vyvъ	*voję

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*vyxъ	*vy	*vy	*vojǫ	*voješi	*vojetь
Dual	*vyxově	*vysta	*vyste	*vojevě	*vojeta	*vojete
Plural	*vyxomъ	*vyste	*vyšę	*vojemъ	*vojete	*vojǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*vojaaxъ	*vojaaše	*vojaaše	—	*voji	*voji
Dual	*vojaaxově	*vojaašeta	*vojaašete	*vojivě	*vojita	—
Plural	*vojaaxomъ	*vojaašete	*vojaaxǫ	*vojimъ	*vojite	—

Derived terms

• *vykati (“to shout, to scream”)
• *vyskati (“to neigh”)
• *vojь (“howl”)
• *vyježь (“howling, whining”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Russian: выть (vytʹ)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic: вꙑти (vyti)
  • Bulgarian: вия (vija)
  • Macedonian: вие (vie)
  • Serbo-Croatian: vȉjati
  • Slovene: vīti (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: výti
  • Polish: wyć

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “выть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “вия²”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 158