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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/vějati

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

Reanalyzed from an earlier athematic *věti, inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *wḗˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wḗh₁ti, from *h₂weh₁- (“to blow”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ἄημι (áēmi), Proto-Germanic *wēaną, Sanskrit वाति (vā́ti).

Verb

*vě̀jati[1][2][3]

  1. to blow (of wind), to winnow

Alternative forms

Inflection
Conjugation of *vějati, *věja, *vějetь (?, -ja/V-, s-aorist, accent paradigm a)
Verbal noun Infinitive Supine L-participle
*vějanьje *vějati *vějatъ *vějalъ
Participles
Tense Past Present
Passive *vějanъ *vějemъ
Active *vějavъ *věję
Aorist Present
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Singular *vějaxъ*věja*věja *vějǫ*věješi*vějetь
Dual *vějaxově*vějasta*vějaste *vějevě*vějeta*vějete
Plural *vějaxomъ*vějaste*vějašę *vějemъ*vějete*vějǫtь
Imperfect Imperative
Person 1st2nd3rd 1st2nd3rd
Singular *vějaaxъ*vějaaše*vějaaše —*věji*věji
Dual *vějaaxově*vějaašeta*vějaašete *vějivě*vějita—
Plural *vějaaxomъ*vějaašete*vějaaxǫ *vějimъ*vějite—

Derived terms
  • *jьzvějati (“to blow away”)
  • *navějati (“to drift, to form by blowing”)
  • *obvějati (“to wind up”)
  • *orzvějati (“to whirl around”)
  • *povějati (“to whiff”)
  • *privějati (“to gale (out of nowhere)”)
  • *vъvějati (“to wind into”)
  • *zavějati (“to start blowing”)
  • *větrъ (“wind”)
  • *vijelica (“gale, blizzard”)
  • *navějь (“ripple (formed by the wind)”)
  • *povějь (“whiff”)

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: вѣꙗти (vějati)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*vě̀jati”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 519: “v. (a) ‘blow (of wind), winnow’”
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001), “věti: vějǫ vějetь”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a (SA 204, 207; PR 133; MP 23)”
  3. Snoj, Marko (2016), “vẹ́ti”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar3 (in Slovene), https://fran.si: “*vě̋ti in *vě̋jati, sed. *vě̋jǫ”
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