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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/vyja

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

Uncertain.

Noun

*vyja f

  1. neck
    Synonym: *šìja

Alternative reconstructions

Declension
Declension of *vyja (soft a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *vyja *vyji *vyję̇
genitive *vyję̇ *vyju *vyjь
dative *vyji *vyjama *vyjamъ
accusative *vyjǫ *vyji *vyję̇
instrumental *vyjejǫ, *vyjǫ** *vyjama *vyjami
locative *vyji *vyju *vyjasъ, *vyjaxъ*
vocative *vyje *vyji *vyję̇
* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Middle Russian: воꙗ (voja) (15ᵗʰ c.)[2]
      • ⇒ Russian: завόек (zavόek), завόйка (zavόjka); завόй (zavόj) (dialectal)
    • ⇒ Russian: завы́ек (zavýjek), завы́йка (zavýjka), завы́йчик (zavýjčik), завы́йник (zavýjnik), завы́й (zavýj)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic script: вꙑꙗ (vyja)
      Glagolitic script: ⰲⱏⰺⱑ (vyě)
      • → Old East Slavic: вꙑ́ꙗ (výja)[2][3][4]
        • >? Old Ruthenian: вы́ꙗ (výja), вы́ѧ (výja), ви́ꙗ (víja), ві́ꙗ (víja)
          • Belarusian: вы́я (výja) (archaic, rare)
            • ⇒ Belarusian: завы́ек (zavýjek), завы́к (zavýk)
        • >? Middle Russian: вы́ꙗ (výja)
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: vyja
    • Polabian: voijă, voijo
    • Old Polish: wyja
      • ⇒ Polish: zawyjek, zawyjka (dialectal)

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

References
  1. Sayenko, Mikhail N. (2022) Очерки по славянской соматической лексике [Essays on Slavic somatic vocabulary]‎ (in Russian), Moscow: Indrik, →DOI, →ISBN, page 235
  2. Anikin, A. E. (2014) “воя”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), numbers 8 (во – вран), Moscow: Russian Language Institute, →ISBN, page 333
  3. Anikin, A. E. (2015) “вы́я”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), numbers 9 (врандовать – галоп), Moscow: Russian Language Institute, →ISBN, page 221
  4. Martynaŭ, V. U., editor (1980), “вы́я”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), volumes 2 (ва – вяшчэ́ль), Minsk: Navuka i technika, page 293
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