Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/vьsь
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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 *wiśis, from Proto-Indo-European *weyḱ-.
Akin to Latvian vìesis (“visitor”), Lithuanian viešis (“guest”). Further related to Latin vīcus (“village”), Proto-Germanic *wīkō (“settlement”), which may be the origin of Old Norse víkingr (“viking”). The latter was borrowed into Slavic as Proto-Slavic *vitędzь (“hero, knight”).
Noun
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *vь̀sь | *vьsì | *vьsì |
| genitive | *vь̀si | *vь̀sьju, *vьšu* | *vьsь̀jь, *vь̀si* |
| dative | *vьsì | *vь̀sьma | *vьsь̀mъ |
| accusative | *vь̀sь | *vьsì | *vьsì |
| instrumental | *vь̀sьjǫ, *vь̀šǫ* | *vь̀sьma | *vь̀sьmī |
| locative | *vь̀si | *vь̀sьju, *vьšu* | *vьsь̀xъ |
| vocative | *vьsi | *vьsì | *vьsì |
* 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).
Derived terms
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*vьsь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 539
- ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “vas”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “Pslovan. *vь̏sь”
- ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “vьsь vьsi”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “f. b/c landsby (PR 136, 138)”
Further reading
- Verweij, Arno (1994) “Quantity Patterns of Substantives in Czech and Slovak”, in Dutch Contributions to the Eleventh International Congress of Slavists, Bratislava (Studies in Slavic and General Linguistics), volume 22, Editions Rodopi B.V., page 517
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “весь”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress