Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/viti

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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

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Etymology

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From Proto-Balto-Slavic *wīˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *weh₁y-. Cognates with Latvian vît, Lithuanian výti, Latin viere, Albanian vithe.

Verb

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*vìti impf[1][2][3]

  1. to bend, to twist

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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Further reading

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  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “вить”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

References

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  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*viti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 522:v. ‘twist, wind’
  2. ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “viti: vijǫ vijetь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:c (SA 204, 212f., 231, 233, 237; PR 139)
  3. ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “víti1”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si:*vi̋ti, sed. *vȋjǫ in *vь̏jǫ