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Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic вѣтвь (větvĭ), from Proto-Slavic *větvь, *větь, from Proto-Indo-European *wéh₁itis. Cognates include Bulgarian ве́тва (vétva), ве́тка (vétka), ве́я (véja), and ве́йка (véjka), Slovene vȇja (tonal orthography), Czech větev, Slovak vetva, Ukrainian ві́та (víta). Non-Slavic cognates include Latin vītis (“vine”), German Weide (“willow”), Old Prussian witwan (“willow”), Persian بید (bid, “willow”) and English withe.
Pronunciation
Noun
ветвь • (vetvʹ) f inan (genitive ве́тви, nominative plural ве́тви, genitive plural ветве́й, relational adjective ветвяно́й, diminutive ве́тка)
- branch, bough, limb (woody part of a tree arising from the trunk and usually dividing)
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