Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/větъ
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Proto-Slavic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Balto-Slavic *waitas, from[1] from Proto-Indo-European *weyt- (possibly *weHyt-), akin to Lithuanian vaiténti (“to discuss”), Old Prussian waitiāt (“to talk”). Possibly cognate with Avestan 𐬬𐬀𐬉𐬚𐬀 f (vaēθa, “judgement”) and further related to Sanskrit वेथ् (veth, “begging, asking”), Sanskrit वेटति (veṭati, “to sound”).
Alternatively,[2] from Proto-Indo-European *wekʷ- (“to speak”), presumably from *wekʷtos (cf. Proto-Slavic *veťь (“thing”)), which is however dismissed[1] on comparative basis - the expected outcome of the proposed reconstruction would be **vetъ.
According to Derksen,[3] the root is limited to Balto-Slavic.
Noun
[edit]*větъ m
Declension
[edit]Declension of *větъ (hard o-stem)
Derived terms
[edit]- *jьzvětъ (“report”)
- *otъvětъ (“respond”)
- *uvětъ (“term (in contract)”)
- *privětъ (“salute”)
- *privětьstvьje (“greeting”)
- *privětьnъ (“welcoming, hospitable”)
- *obětъ (“promise”) (from an earlier *obvětъ)
- *oběťanьje (“pledge”)
- *sъvětъ (“advice, council”)
- *sъvěťanьje (“consultation”)
- *zavětъ (“covenant”)
- *zavěťanьje (“will, testament”)
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “вет”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “ветам (се)”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 138
- “vaiténti”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012
References
[edit]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 K. Borisov, A. Shaposhnikov (2018) “Русско-санскритские этимологические этюды”, in Proceedings of the V. V. Vinogradov Russian Language Institute, No. 18[1], pages 33-72: “Русско-цслав. вѣтъ (праслав. *větъ) ~ санскр. veth, vith”
- ^ Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*větjati”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 520