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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/viti

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 *wīˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *weh₁y-. Cognates with Latvian vît, Lithuanian výti, Latin viere.

Verb

*vìti impf[1][2][3]

  1. to bend, to twist

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • Verbs:
    • *perviti (“to fold”)
    • *zaviti (“to turn around”)
    • *naviti (“to coil, to curl”)
    • *poviti (“to wrap, to envelop”)
    • *jьzviti (“to bend, to curve”)
    • *orzviti (“to develop”)
  • Nominals:

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: вити (viti)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*viti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 522: “v. ‘twist, wind’”
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001), “viti: vijǫ vijetь”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c (SA 204, 212f., 231, 233, 237; PR 139)”
  3. Snoj, Marko (2016), “víti1”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar3 (in Slovene), https://fran.si: “*vi̋ti, sed. *vȋjǫ in *vь̏jǫ”
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