Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/věstь
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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
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
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
- Non-Slavic:
- → Romanian: veste (through Old Church Slavonic)
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “весть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “весть”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volumes 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 146
- Anikin, A. E. (2013) “весть I”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), numbers 7 (вершь – вняться), Moscow: Russian Language Institute, →ISBN, page 32
References
- ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “věstь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “f. c nyhed (PR 138)”
- ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “vẹ̑st”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “*vě̑stь”