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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/věnьcь

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 *waiˀníkas, from Proto-Indo-European *woyh₁níkos.

See also Lithuanian vainikas (“garland”), Latvian vainags (“crown, wreath”), vaîņuks (dialectal) (cognate with Proto-Slavic *věnъkъ).

Noun

*věnь̀cь m[1]

  1. wreath
  2. twist, rim, curving

Alternative forms
  • *věnikъ (< PBSl *wainikas)
  • *věnъkъ (< PBSl *wainukas)

Declension
Declension of *věnь̀cь (soft o-stem, accent paradigm b)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative *věnь̀cь *věnьcà *věnьcì
Accusative *věnь̀cь *věnьcà *věnьcę̇̀
Genitive *věnьcà *věnьcù *věnь̀cь
Locative *věnьcì *věnьcù *věnь̀cixъ
Dative *věnьcù *věnьcèma *věnь̀cemъ
Instrumental *věnьcь̀mь, *věnьcèmь* *věnьcèma *věnь̀ci
Vocative *věnьče *věnьcà *věnьcì
* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

Derived terms
  • *věnьčati (“to put wreath onto, to merry”)
  • *věnьčidlo (“wedding ceremony”)
  • *viti (“to twist, to turn, to wind”)
  • *věja, *vějьka (“twig”)
  • *věňe (“branch”)
  • *větь (“sapling”), *větvь (“sallow”)

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: вѣньць (věnĭcĭ)
      • Old Ruthenian: вѣнець (věnecʹ) (Old Ukrainian)[2], вѣнецъ (věnec) (Old Belarusian)[3]
        • Belarusian: вене́ц (vjenjéc)
        • Ukrainian: віне́ць (vinécʹ)
      • Russian: вене́ц (venéc)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic: вѣньць (věnĭcĭ)
      Glagolitic: ⰲⱑⱀⱐⱌⱐ (věnĭcĭ)
    • Bulgarian: вене́ц (venéc, “wreath; rim, oral gum”)
    • Macedonian: венец (venec)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic: ве́нац
      Latin: vénac
    • Slovene: vénəc (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

References
  1. Snoj, Marko (2016), “vénec”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar3 (in Slovene), https://fran.si: “Pslovan. *věnьcь̏”
  2. Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (1999), “вѣнець”, in Словник української мови XVI – I пол. XVII ст. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: 16ᵗʰ – 1ˢᵗ half of 17ᵗʰ c.] (in Ukrainian), issue 6 (выпросити – головный), Lviv: KIUS, →ISBN, page 139
  3. Zhurawski, A. I., editor (1983), “вѣнецъ”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), issue 3 (вариво – вкупе), Minsk: Navuka i tekhnika, page 102
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