Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/vesti

See also: Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/vezti

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

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *westéi, from Proto-Indo-European *wedʰ-.

Verb

*vestì

1. to lead, conduct

Inflection

Conjugation of *vesti, *vede, *vedetь (?, -C-, _/ox-aorist, accent paradigm c)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*vedenьje	*vesti	*vestъ	*vedlъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*vedenъ	*vedomъ
Active	*vedъ	*vedy

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*ved(ox)ъ	*vede	*vede	*vedǫ	*vedeši	*vedetь
Dual	*ved(ox)ově	*ved(e/os)ta	*ved(e/os)te	*vedevě	*vedeta	*vedete
Plural	*ved(ox)omъ	*ved(e/os)te	*vedǫ, *vedošę	*vedemъ	*vedete	*vedǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*veděaxъ	*veděaše	*veděaše	—	*vedi	*vedi
Dual	*veděaxově	*veděašeta	*veděašete	*veděvě	*veděta	—
Plural	*veděaxomъ	*veděašete	*veděaxǫ	*veděmъ	*veděte	—

Conjugation of *vesti, *vede, *vedetь (?, -C-, s-aorist, accent paradigm c)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*vedenьje	*vesti	*vestъ	*vedlъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*vedenъ	*vedomъ
Active	*vedъ	*vedy

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*věsъ	*vede	*vede	*vedǫ	*vedeši	*vedetь
Dual	*věsově	*věsta	*věste	*vedevě	*vedeta	*vedete
Plural	*věsomъ	*věste	*věsę	*vedemъ	*vedete	*vedǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*veděaxъ	*veděaše	*veděaše	—	*vedi	*vedi
Dual	*veděaxově	*veděašeta	*veděašete	*veděvě	*veděta	—
Plural	*veděaxomъ	*veděašete	*veděaxǫ	*veděmъ	*veděte	—

Derived terms

• *obvesti
  • *obozъ

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: вести (vesti)
    • Old Ruthenian: вести (vesti)
      • Belarusian: ве́сці (vjésci)
      • Carpathian Rusyn: ве́сти (vésty)
      • Ukrainian: вести́ (vestý)
    • Russian: вести́ (vestí)
  • Old Novgorodian: вести (vesti)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Glagolitic script: ⰲⰵⱄⱅⰹ (vesti)

    Old Cyrillic script: вести (vesti)

    • Bulgarian: веда́ (vedá) (archaic)
  • Slovene: vésti (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: vésti
    • Czech: vést
  • Old Polish: wieść
    • Polish: wieść
  • Old Slovak: viesť
    • Pannonian Rusyn: весц (vesc)
    • Slovak: viesť
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: wjesć
    • Lower Sorbian: wjasć

See also

• *věno (“bride-price”)
• *voditi (“to lead, conduct”)

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “веду”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Chernykh, P. Ja. (1999), “вести”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 146