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Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/wīˀtís

This Proto-Balto-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-Balto-Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *uh₁í-ti-s, from *weh₁y- (“to twist, wrap”).

Noun

*wīˀtís m[1][2]

  1. something plaited, twisted

Inflection
Declension of *wīˀtís (i-stem, mobile accent)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative *wīˀtís *wī́ˀtīˀ *wī́ˀtejes
Accusative *wī́ˀtin *wī́ˀtīˀ *wī́ˀtī(ˀ)ns
Genitive *wīˀtéis *wīˀtejáu *wīˀtejṓn
Locative *wīˀtḗiˀ *wīˀtejáu *wīˀtíšu
Dative *wī́ˀtei *wīˀtímā(ˀ) *wīˀtímas
Instrumental *wī́ˀtīˀ (early forms) *wīˀtímāˀ *wīˀtímīˀs
Vocative *wīˀtéi *wī́ˀtīˀ *wī́ˀtejes

Descendants
  • East Baltic:
    • Lithuanian: vytìs (“twig”)
  • Proto-Slavic: *vitь (see there for further descendants)

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008) “*vitь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 522: “BSl. *wʔitis”
  2. Derksen, Rick (2015) “vytis”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 508: “BSL *wʔitis”
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