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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/vitь

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed words 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 *witis.

Noun

*vitь f [1]

  1. something plaited, twisted

Inflection
Declension of *vĩtь (i-stem, accent paradigm b)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative *vĩtь *vītì *vītì
Accusative *vĩtь *vītì *vītì
Genitive *vĩti *vĩtьju, *viťu* *vītь̀jь, *vĩti*
Locative *vĩti *vĩtьju, *viťu* *vītь̀xъ
Dative *vītì *vĩtьma *vītь̀mъ
Instrumental *vĩtьjǫ, *vĩťǫ* *vĩtьma *vĩtьmī
Vocative *viti *vītì *vītì
* 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).
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Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Russian: вить (vitʹ, “something plaited”)
  • South Slavic:
    • Serbo-Croatian: pȁvit (“vine”)
    • Slovene: vȋt (“a screw, turn”) (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: vít
    • Polish wić
    • Slovak: viť
    • Slovincian: vjĩc (“roof thatching tool made of willow wood”)

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, page 522
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