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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/věstь
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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 *waiˀstis, from Proto-Indo-European *wéyd-ti-s. Morphologically from *věděti + *-tь. Cognate with Latvian vēsts.
Declension
Declension of *vě̑stь (i-stem, accent paradigm c)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *vě̑stь | *vě̑sti | *vě̑sti |
| Accusative | *vě̑stь | *vě̑sti | *vě̑sti |
| Genitive | *věstí | *věstьjù, *věsťu* | *věstь̀jь |
| Locative | *věstí | *věstьjù, *věsťu* | *vě̑stьxъ |
| Dative | *vě̑sti | *věstьmà | *vě̑stьmъ |
| Instrumental | *věstьjǫ́ | *věstьmà | *věstьmì |
| Vocative | *věsti | *vě̑sti | *vě̑sti |
* 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).
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
- Non-Slavic:
- → Romanian: veste (through Old Church Slavonic)
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “весть”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
- Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993), “весть”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 1 (а – пантомима), 3rd edition, Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 146
- Anikin, A. E. (2013), “весть I”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), issue 7 (вершь – вняться), Moscow: V. Vinogradov Rus. Lang. Inst., →ISBN, page 32
References
- Olander, Thomas (2001), “věstь”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “f. c nyhed (PR 138)”
- Snoj, Marko (2016), “vẹ̑st”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar3 (in Slovene), https://fran.si: “*vě̑stь”
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