Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/vitь
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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 *wīˀtis.
Noun
*vitь f[1]
Inflection
Declension of *vĩtь (i-stem, accent paradigm b)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *vĩtь | *vītì | *vītì |
| genitive | *vĩti | *vĩtьju, *viťu* | *vītь̀jь, *vĩti* |
| dative | *vītì | *vĩtьma | *vītь̀mъ |
| accusative | *vĩtь | *vītì | *vītì |
| instrumental | *vĩtьjǫ, *vĩťǫ* | *vĩtьma | *vĩtьmī |
| locative | *vĩti | *vĩtьju, *viťu* | *vītь̀xъ |
| vocative | *viti | *vītì | *vītì |
* 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).
Related terms
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Russian: вить (vitʹ)
- South Slavic:
- ⇒ Serbo-Croatian: pȁvit
- Slovene: vȋt (tonal orthography) (obsolete)
- West Slavic:
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*vitь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 522: “f. i”