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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 *waiˀstis, from Proto-Indo-European *wéyd-ti-s. Morphologically from *věděti +‎ *-tь. Cognate with Latvian vēsts.

Noun

*vě̑stь f

  1. message

Declension

Declension of *vě̑stь (i-stem, accent paradigm c)
singular dual plural
nominative *vě̑stь *vě̑sti *vě̑sti
genitive *věstí *věstьjù, *věsťu* *věstь̀jь
dative *vě̑sti *věstьmà *vě̑stьmъ
accusative *vě̑stь *vě̑sti *vě̑sti
instrumental *věstьjǫ́ *věstьmà *věstьmì
locative *věstí *věstьjù, *věsťu* *vě̑stьxъ
vocative *věsti *vě̑sti *vě̑sti

* 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).

Descendants

  • Non-Slavic:
    • Romanian: veste (through Old Church Slavonic)

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “весть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1999) “весть”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 146
  • Anikin, A. E. (2013) “весть I”, in Русский этимологический словарь (in Russian), issue 7 (вершь – вняться), Moscow: Russian Language Institute, →ISBN, page 32

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Snoj, Marko (2016) “vẹ̑st”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si:*vě̑stь
  2. ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “věstь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:f. c nyhed (PR 138)