Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/věťati

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 *waitjāˀtei. Equivalent to *větiti +‎ *-ati, from *větъ +‎ *-iti. Cognate with Old Prussian waitiāt (“to say”). Connections outside of Balto-Slavic unclear.

Verb

*věťati

to say

Inflection

Conjugation of *věťati (?, -ja-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Suffix: *-iti + *-ati
― iterative (e.g. *xaďati⇐*xoditi)
― imperfective (e.g. *otъvěťati⇐*otъvětiti)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*věťanьje	*věťati	*věťatъ	*věťalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*věťanъ	*věťajemъ
Active	*věťavъ	*věťaję

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*věťaxъ	*věťa	*věťa	*věťajǫ	*věťaješi	*věťajetь
Dual	*věťaxově	*věťasta	*věťaste	*věťajevě	*věťajeta	*věťajete
Plural	*věťaxomъ	*věťaste	*věťašę	*věťajemъ	*věťajete	*věťajǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*věťaaxъ	*věťaaše	*věťaaše	—	*věťaji	*věťaji
Dual	*věťaaxově	*věťaašeta	*věťaašete	*věťajivě	*věťajita	—
Plural	*věťaaxomъ	*věťaašete	*věťaaxǫ	*věťajimъ	*věťajite	—

Related terms

*větъ (“agreement”)
*věťe (“assembly”)

Descendants

East Slavic: —
- Russian: Pskov dialectal веча́ть (večátʹ, “to shout”)

South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Cyrillic: вѣщати (věštati, “to say”), 1sg. вѣщаѭ (věštajǫ)
  
  Glagolitic: [Term?]
  - → Old East Slavic: вѣщати (věščati, “to say”)
    - Belarusian: вяшча́ць (vjaščácʹ, “to broadcast (on the radio)”)
    - Russian: веща́ть (veščátʹ, “to broadcast, (obsolete) to prophesy”), 1sg. веща́ю (veščáju)
    - Ukrainian: віща́ти (viščáty) (archaic)
- Bulgarian: веща́я (veštája, “to proclaim, to prophesy”) (archaic)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: вијѐћати (“to deliberate”), 1sg. ви̏јећа̄м
  
  Latin: vijèćati (“to deliberate”), 1sg. vȉjećām

West Slavic:
- Old Czech: 1sg. aor. věcěch, vecěch, vecech (“(I) said”), 3sg. aor. věcě, vecě, vece (“(he) said”)
  - Polish: obwieszczać (“to proclaim, to prophesy”), 1sg. obwieszczam (only in compounds)

References

Černyx, P. Ja. (1999), “веща́ть”, in Istoriko-etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 1, 3rd reprint edition, Moscow: Russkij jazyk, page 148
Derksen, Rick (2008), “*větjati”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 520

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