Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/věža

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 the present stem of the verb *vezti — vez- +‎ *-ja.

Noun

*věža f

house-wagon, kibitka
tent
movable/traveling tower
tower

Declension

Declension of *věža (soft a-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*věža	*věži	*věžę̇
Accusative	*věžǫ	*věži	*věžę̇
Genitive	*věžę̇	*věžu	*věžь
Locative	*věži	*věžu	věžasъ, věžaxъ^*
Dative	*věži	*věžama	*věžamъ
Instrumental	věžejǫ, věžǫ^**	*věžama	*věžami
Vocative	*věže	*věži	*věžę̇

^* -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

*veslo

Descendants

East Slavic: вѣжа (věža)
- Belarusian: вежа (vježa)
- Russian: ве́жа (véža)
South Slavic:
- Slovene: veža
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: věž, věžě
  - Czech: věž
- Polish: wieża
  - → Ukrainian: ве́жа (véža)
- Slovak: veža
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: wjaža
  - Upper Sorbian: wěža

References

Vasmer (Fasmer), Max (Maks) (1964–1973), “вежа”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv Oleg, Moscow: Progress

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