Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/věxa
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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
Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weys- (“to produce”)
Noun
*věxa f
Declension
Declension of *věxà (hard a-stem)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *věxà | *věśě | *věxy |
| genitive | *věxy | *věxu | *věxъ |
| dative | *věśě | *věxama | *věxamъ |
| accusative | *věxǫ | *věśě | *věxy |
| instrumental | *věxojǫ, *věxǫ** | *věxama | *věxami |
| locative | *věśě | *věxu | *věxasъ, *věxaxъ* |
| vocative | *věxo | *věśě | *věxy |
* -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).
** 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:
- Slovene: véha (tonal orthography)
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ве́ха”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress