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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/velьjь

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 *vele + * with tense e becoming ь. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁-, see also Proto-Germanic *wela.[1]

Adjective

*velьjь (comparative *boľьjь or *vęťьjь)

  1. great

Declension

Derived terms

Antonyms

Descendants

  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic: велии (velii)
  • West Slavic:

References

  1. Studia Etymologica Cracoviensia. (1999). Poland: Ksie̦garnia Akademicka, p. 34
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