Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/vęzati

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-Indo-European *h₂enǵʰ- (“to constrict, tighten”). (Originally *h₂m̥ǵʰ-?) Cognate with Hittite [script needed] (ḫamank, “to tie, to betroth”) < *h₂m-(o)n-ǵʰ-, Ancient Greek ἄγχω (ánkhō, “to strangle, to squeeze”), Latin angere (“to strangle, to choke”), Old High German engi (“narrow”). Derksen says the initial *v- is "unclear"; Vasmer attributes it to contamination with *verzti (“to tie, to squeeze”), while Chernykh sees contamination with *viti (“to twist”).

Verb

*vę̄zàti

1. to tie

Inflection

Conjugation of *vęzati, *vęza, *vęžetь (?, -a/j-, s-aorist, accent paradigm b)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*vęzanьje	*vęzati	*vęzatъ	*vęzalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*vęzanъ	*vęžemъ
Active	*vęzavъ	*vęžę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*vęzaxъ	*vęza	*vęza	*vęžǫ	*vęžeši	*vęžetь
Dual	*vęzaxově	*vęzasta	*vęzaste	*vęževě	*vęžeta	*vęžete
Plural	*vęzaxomъ	*vęzaste	*vęzašę	*vęžemъ	*vęžete	*vęžǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*vęzaaxъ	*vęzaaše	*vęzaaše	—	*vęži	*vęži
Dual	*vęzaaxově	*vęzaašeta	*vęzaašete	*vęživě	*vęžita	—
Plural	*vęzaaxomъ	*vęzaašete	*vęzaaxǫ	*vęžimъ	*vęžite	—

Related terms

• *ǫziti (“to constrain”)
• *ǫzlъ (“knot”)
• *ǫzъkъ (“narrow”)
• *uvęsti (“to tie around?”), *uvęznǫti
• *vęznǫti

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: вѧзати (vęzati)
    • Belarusian: вяза́ць (vjazácʹ)
    • Russian: вяза́ть (vjazátʹ)
    • Ukrainian: в'яза́ти (vʺjazáty)
    • Carpathian Rusyn: вязати (vjazaty)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: вѧзати (vęzati)

    Glagolitic script: ⰲⱔⰸⰰⱅⰻ (vęzati)

  • Bulgarian: ве́жа (véža) (obsolescent, dialectal)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: ве́зати

    Latin script: vézati

    • Chakavian (Vrgada): vēzȁti
    • Chakavian (Orbanići): vⁱezȁt
    • Chakavian (Hvar): vēzȁt
  • Slovene: vẹ́zati (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: vázati
    • Czech: vázat
      • Bohemian (Chod dialect): vázat
  • Kashubian: wiãzac
  • Polabian: v́ǫzăt
  • Old Polish: więzać
    • Polish: wiązać
    • Silesian: wiōnzać
  • Slovak: viazať
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: wjazać
    • Lower Sorbian: wjezaś

References

• Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 521
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “вяза́ть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “вяза́ть”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 174