Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/vějь

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

Action noun, from *vějati +‎ *-ъ or from *věti (“to wind, to blow wind”) +‎ *-jь, attested indirectly in derivatives. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weh₁- (“to blow”). Technically reflects Proto-Balto-Slavic *wḗˀjas (“wind”) with cognates Lithuanian vė́jas, Latvian vẽjš, however, it is hard to tell if the Slavic descendants directly continue the Balto-Slavic lemma or were formed afterwards. Further akin to Sanskrit वायु (vāyu, “wind, air”).

Noun

*vějь m

1. wind, gush of air

Declension

Declension of *vějь (soft o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*vějь	*věja	*věji
genitive	*věja	*věju	*vějь
dative	*věju	*vějema	*vějemъ
accusative	*vějь	*věja	*věję̇
instrumental	*vějьmь, *vějemь*	*vějema	*věji
locative	*věji	*věju	*vějixъ
vocative	*věju	*věja	*věji

^* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

Derived terms

• *navějь (“ripple (formed by the wind)”)
• *povějь (“whiff”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • ⇒ Russian: сухове́й (suxovéj, “dry, hot wind”)
    • → Serbo-Croatian: sȕhovej
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: -вей (-vej)
    • ⇒ Bulgarian: по́вей (póvej)
    • ⇒ Bulgarian: на́вей (návej)
    • ⇒ Bulgarian: при́вей (prívej)
  • ⇒ Macedonian: повеј (povej)
• West Slavic:
  • ⇒ Czech: navěj
  • ⇒ Slovak: navej

Related terms

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1996), “*navějь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 23 (*narodьnъjь – *navijakъ), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 222
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “вея”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 141