Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/věnьcь

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

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *waiˀníkas, from Proto-Indo-European *woyh₁níkos.

See also Lithuanian vainikas (“garland”), Latvian vainags (“crown, wreath”), vaîņuks (dialectal) (cognate with Proto-Slavic *věnъkъ).

Noun

*věnь̀cь m^[1]

wreath, garland

Alternative forms

*věnikъ (< PBSl *wainеikas)
*věnъkъ (< PBSl *wainukas)

Declension

Declension of *věnь̀cь (soft o-stem, accent paradigm b)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*věnь̀cь	*věnьcà	*věnьcì
genitive	*věnьcà	*věnьcù	*věnь̀cь
dative	*věnьcù	*věnьcèma	*věnь̀cemъ
accusative	*věnь̀cь	*věnьcà	*věnьcę̇̀
instrumental	věnьcь̀mь, věnьcèmь^*	*věnьcèma	*věnь̀ci
locative	*věnьcì	*věnьcù	*věnь̀cixъ
vocative	*věnьče	*věnьcà	*věnьcì

^* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

Derived terms

*věnьčati (“to put wreath onto, to merry”)
*věnьčidlo (“wedding ceremony”)

Related terms

*viti (“to twist, to turn, to wind”)
*věja, *vějьka (“twig”)
*věňe (“branch”)
*větь (“sapling”), *větvь (“sallow”)

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: вѣньць (věnĭcĭ)
  - Old Ruthenian: вѣнець (věnecʹ) (Old Ukrainian),^[2] вѣнецъ (věnecʹ) (Old Belarusian)^[3]
    - Belarusian: вене́ц (vjenjéc)
    - Ukrainian: віне́ць (vinécʹ)
  - Russian: вене́ц (venéc)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Old Cyrillic script: вѣньць (věnĭcĭ)
  
  Glagolitic script: ⰲⱑⱀⱐⱌⱐ (věnĭcĭ)
- Bulgarian: вене́ц (venéc, “wreath; rim, oral gum”)
- Macedonian: венец (venec)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: ве́нац
  
  Latin script: vénac
- Slovene: vénəc (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: věnec
  - Czech: věnec
    - Bohemian (Chod dialect): věnec
- Old Polish: wieniec
  - Polish: wieniec
- Pomeranian:
  - Kashubian: wińc
- Slovak: venec
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: wěnc
  - Upper Sorbian: wěnc

References

^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “vénec”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “Pslovan. *věnьcь̏”
^ Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (1999), “вѣнець”, in Словник української мови XVI – 1-ї пол. XVII ст. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language of 16ᵗʰ – 1ˢᵗ half of 17ᵗʰ c.] (in Ukrainian), numbers 6 (выпросити – головный), Lviv: KIUS, →ISBN, page 139
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[1] Snoj, Marko (2016) “vénec”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “Pslovan. *věnьcь̏”

[2] Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (1999), “вѣнець”, in Словник української мови XVI – 1-ї пол. XVII ст. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language of 16ᵗʰ – 1ˢᵗ half of 17ᵗʰ c.] (in Ukrainian), numbers 6 (выпросити – головный), Lviv: KIUS, →ISBN, page 139

[3] {The template Template:R:zle-obe:HSBM does not use the parameter(s): url=venec
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