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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/větъ

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 *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

*větъ m

  1. agreement

Declension
Declension of *větъ (hard o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *větъ *věta *věti
genitive *věta *větu *větъ
dative *větu *větoma *větomъ
accusative *větъ *věta *věty
instrumental *větъmь, *větomь* *větoma *věty
locative *větě *větu *větěxъ
vocative *věte *věta *věti
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Derived terms
  • *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”)
  • *věťati (“to converse, to predict”)
  • *věťe (“assembly, gathering, forum”)

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: вѣтъ (větŭ)
  • South Slavic:

Further reading
  • 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), volumes 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
  1. K. Borisov, A. Shaposhnikov (2018) “Русско-санскритские этимологические этюды”, in Proceedings of the V. V. Vinogradov Russian Language Institute, No. 18‎, pages 33-72: “Русско-цслав. вѣтъ (праслав. *větъ) ~ санскр. veth, vith”
  2. Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN
  3. Derksen, Rick (2008) “*větjati”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 520
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