Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/věti

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 1

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *wḗˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weh₁- (“to wind, to blow”).

Verb

*vě̀ti

1. Alternative form of *vě̀jati

Inflection

Conjugation of *věti, *vě, *vějetь (impf., -V-, s-aorist, accent paradigm a)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*větьje	*věti	*větъ	*vělъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*větъ	*vějemъ
Active	*věvъ	*věję

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*věxъ	*vě	*vě	*vějǫ	*věješi	*vějetь
Dual	*věxově	*věsta	*věste	*vějevě	*vějeta	*vějete
Plural	*věxomъ	*věste	*věšę	*vějemъ	*vějete	*vějǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*věaxъ	*věaše	*věaše	—	*věji	*věji
Dual	*věaxově	*věašeta	*věašete	*vějivě	*vějita	—
Plural	*věaxomъ	*věašete	*věaxǫ	*vějimъ	*vějite	—

Etymology 2

From the root of Proto-Slavic *větъ (“claim”).

Noun

*věti m

1. orator

Alternative forms

• *větьjь, *větьja (reformed at a later stage)

Declension

Declension of *věti (ī-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*věti	*věťi	*věťę̇
genitive	*věťę̇	*věťu	*věťь
dative	*věťi	*věťama	*věťamъ
accusative	*věťǫ	*věťi	*věťę̇
instrumental	*věťejǫ, *věťǫ**	*věťama	*věťami
locative	*věťi	*věťu	*věťasъ, *věťaxъ*
vocative	*věťe	*věťi	*věťę̇

^* -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).

Related terms

• *věťati (“to proclaim”)
• *věťe (“counsil”)

Descendants

• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic: вѣтьи (větĭi), вѣтии (větii)
    • → Russian: вити́я (vitíja)
      • → Bulgarian: вити́я (vitíja) (obsolete)

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “вития”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “вития”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 154